Useful Links

Irish Geological Links

• Irish Geological Association
• Institute of Geologists of Ireland
• University College Dublin Fault Analysis Group.
• University College Dublin Geophysics Research Group.
• University College Dublin Geology Department.
• University College Cork Geology Department.
• NUI Galway Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences
• Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies Geophysics Section.
• IQUA Irish Association for Quaternary Studies
• GSI Geological Survey of Ireland.
• RIA The Royal Irish Academy.
• Irish Research Scientists' Association.
• Irish National Information Server Contains useful Irish research resources including websites for the major universities.
• Earth Science Section, National Museum of Ireland  email earthscience@museum.ie

Geological Organisations

• BGS British Geological Survey.
• The Geological Society of London
• USGS United States Geological Survey.
• GSA The Geological Society of America.
• AAPG American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
• Natural History Museum, London
• The Mineralogical Society
• The Clay Minerals Society
• BSRG British Sedimentological Research Group.
• UK Earth Science Courseware Consortium Computer based learning courseware for use in Earth Sciences.
• AGU American Geophysical Union
• IMAG International Association for Mathematical Geology

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UK Geoscience Departments

• Aberdeen University Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology.
• Birmingham University School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
• Cardiff University School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences.
• The Queen's University, Belfast School of Geography
• Bristol University Department of Geology.
• Cambridge University Department of Earth Sciences.
• Imperial College London Department of Earth Science and Engineering
• Royal Holloway Department of Geology.
• University College London Department of Earth Sciences.
  
• University of Durham Department of Earth Sciences
  
• University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences
  
• University of Glasgow Division of Earth Sciences.
  
• Heriot-Watt University Institute of Petroleum Engineering
  
• University of Keele School of Earth Sciences and Geography
  
• University of Kingston School of Earth Sciences and Geography
  
• University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment
  
• University of Liverpool Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences
  
• University of Leicester Geology Department.
  
• Manchester University School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
  
• Open University Department of Earth Sciences.
  
• Oxford University Department of Earth Sciences.
  
• University of Plymouth Department of Geological Sciences.
  
• University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Science.
  
• University of St. Andrews School of Geography and Geosciences
  
• UK Academic WWW Map "The easiest and the best way of locating and linking to a British University"

Journals

• Nature
• Science
• All AGU Journals
• Journal of Geophysical Research
• Tectonics
• Water Resources Research
• Geophysical Research Letters
• Paleoceanography
• Journal of Metamorphic Geology
• Journal of Structural Geology
• Geology Today
• New Scientist
• Scientific American
• Journal of Geology
• Clays and Clay Minerals
• Journal of Seismology
• Annual Reviews in Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

• Pure and Applied Geophysics )

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Reference Tools

• Iverson Software: Geology Glossary / Dictionary of Terms & Terminology
• Schlumberger oilfield glossary
• Society of Professional Well-log Analysts glossary
• The World Stress Map

Newsgroups

• geology
• crystallography
• fluids
• hydrogeology
• oceanography
  
• petroleum
• earthquakes
• Geo-Tectonics Discussion group of the Tectonics Studies Group
• GeoModNet Exchanging ideas about modelling and case studies in geosciences

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Cool Geology Sites

• The rock cycle illustrated
• Things every geologist should see - Images and links
• The Quaternary Research Association
  
• The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
  
• Rob's Granite Page
• Structural Geology on the Web a deformed roadcut on the information superhighway
  
• The Virtual Earth A Tour of the World Wide Web for Earth Scientists
  
• The Soft Earth Software and Software Sites
  
• The Virtual Geosciences Professor an amazing resource, full of links to geological websites
• Amethyst Galleries Mineral Gallery an internet "rock shop" with searchable mineralogical data

Employment

• EARTHWORKS Current geoscience job vacancies.
  
• GEOSCI-JOBS Archives
  
• The Geological Society of London, jobs page
• Geology Education and Career Information
• New Scientist Earth Science jobs page

• Recruitment website for oil industry

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Non-Geological

• The Periodic table
• Webmonkey Web tutorials
• Eric Weissteins treasure troves of science on-line encyclopedia of maths and science
• Convert-me convert any units to any other (even roman or biblical!)
• How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement and conversions
• Writing tips webpages

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