Google Earth Geology
Geology Maps and Overlays Warning! File sizes can be large, and take a few minutes to render
Geology of the San Diego 30' x 60' Quadrangle
Geology of the El Cajon 30' x 60' Quadrangle Additional Overlays: Cretaceous plutons of the PRB Chemical Data - Victoria R. Todd - GSA SP 374, 2003 Detailed Area Caculations GIF Image Overlay
United States Geology Index - USGS DDS11
Geology of Picacho State Recreational Park
Data for the age grid is: Mueller, R.D., Roest, W.R., Royer, J.-Y., Gahagan, L.M., and Sclater, J.G., A digital age map of the ocean floor. SIO Reference Series 93-30, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Plate tectonic and continental drift reconstruction images by: Dr. Ron Blakey Northern Arizona University
USGS Grids for Geologic and Topographic Maps
1:24,000 7.5 Minute Grid
1:100,000 30-Minutes by 60-Minute Grid
1:250,000 1-Degree by 2-Degree Grid
International Geomagnetic Reference Field Model
Magnetic Declination (D), Inclination (I), Horizontal intensity (H), Vertical intensity (Z), and Total Intensity (F)
Magnetic Anomaly Map of the Earth
Global compilation of the wealth of magnetic anomaly information
Gravity Anomaly Map of the Earth
GRACE - Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment - accurately map variations in the Earth's gravity field over its 5-year lifetime; GGM02
Bouguer Gravity Anomaly for the Conterminous US
Gravity anomaly data for the conterminous United States and adjacent marine areas
USGS - Faults and Earthquakes of the US
USGS - Earth's Tectonic Plates
Includes: Plate Names Divergent, Transform, and Convergent Plate Boundaries
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Screencast Demonstration on how Google Earth can be used to teach geology
Created by D'Arcy Norman at the Teaching & Learning Centre, University of Calgary
D'Arcy's Norman dot net blog
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