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The Internet is growing (both in users and volume of material stored) at an exponential rate. If this medium is to prove useful to professional geoscientists, it is imperative that there be an abundance of quality information readily available and . The links below represent a small fraction of the total material now available.

A great starting point for the novice or the geophysicist seeking a general refresher is the Colorado School of Mines Introduction to Exploration Geophysics
[Gravity, Magnetics, Electrical and Refraction Seismology]

Another very useful set of resources is Case Histories in Applied Geophysics
[from the University of British Columbia]

Geophysical Reference Materials

  1. Aeromagnetic Survey over US
    [advances in our understanding of magnetic signatures -- USGS]

  2. Anubis Project
    [A new project to install a network of seismic stations in Antarctica that will plug a hole in the global seismic dataset. These stations are something of an engineering challenge because of the cold and remoteness of the continent. Some of the stations will be powered and heated by propane tanks and some by wind (during the winter) and solar power during the summer. ]

  3. Applied Geophysics Links
    [from the University of British Colmbia]

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  4. the Altimetry Atlas
    [Delft University]

  5. Claerbout's Classroom
    [papers from the office of Professor Claerbout, Stanford]

  6. College-Level Geophysics Courses
    [Links to geophysics courses with Internet-based course resources]

  7. Council of the National Seismic System
    [searchable index of earthquake epicenters]

  8. DC Resistivity and Induced Polarization
    [from the University of British Columbia]

  9. Deep Seismic Reflection Web Sites
    [Stanford]

  10. Discovery Place
    "Discovery Place is the premier Internet resource for the Oil and Gas industry."

  11. DownHole Imaging
    [Stanford, CA]

  12. Earthquakes, Earthquakes, Earthquakes

  13. Electrical Methods in Geophysical Research
    [Texas A&M University]

  14. Electrical Methods for subsurface studies
    [the New Jersey Geophysical Survey]

  15. Finite Element Resources on the Internet
    [This document describes and provides access to FE software via the Internet]

  16. GeoMagnetism Program -- USGS
    [The U.S. Geological Survey's Geomagnetism Program performs a number of functions involving the monitoring and charting of the Earth's magnetic field.]

  17. Generic Mapping Tools
    ["GMT (Generic Mapping Tools) is a powerful data mapping tool package on UNIX systems."]

  18. Geophysical Studies of the Bay Area
    [San Francisco, CA -- USGS]

  19. Geophysics and Geodesy
    [Banner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections, Stanford]

  20. Geophysical Internet Resources
    [links to other geoscience resources]

  21. Geophysics - Miscellaneous Resources
    [from Stanford]

  22. Geophysical Resources
    [from the University of Calgary]

  23. Geoscience Information by Themes
    [from the U.S. Geological Survey]

  24. GNU Project
    [GNU's Not UNIX -- Free Software Foundation at MIT]

  25. Gravity Case Histories
    [from the University of British Columbia]

  26. Gravity Studies of the Bay Area
    San Francisco, CA -- USGS]

  27. Ground Penetrating Radar
    [Case Studies from the University of British Columnia]

  28. Home Risk
    [the Internet resource for assessing your home's seismic risk]

  29. HydroCarbons OnLine
    ["The Hydrocarbon markets (Hydrocarbon Online's scope) can best be defined as serving the needs of engineers, managers, government personnel, and consulting firms involved in hydrocarbon online."]

  30. Introduction to Logging
    [A summary of the characteristics of logging tools and applications.]

  31. The IRIS Data Management Center
    [The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology is a university research consortium dedicated to exploring the Earth's interior through the collection and distribution of seismographic data.]

  32. Lexco Data Systems
    [Commercial, Offshore Leases and Databases]

  33. Inversion Resorces
    [from the University of British Columbia]

  34. LINUX Documentation
    [Linux - a free UNIX-like operating system]

  35. Magnetic Case Histories
    [from the University of British Columbia]

  36. Magnetic Methods

  37. Magnetic Studies of the Bay Areas
    [San Francisco, CA -- USGS]

  38. MichSeis
    [" MichSeis is the concept that a network of independent, yet cooperative, digital seismographic stations can be operated by schools and institutions throughout Michigan*." (*or anywhere else in the world!)]

  39. NIH-Image
    ["NIH Image is a public domain image processing and analysis program for the Macintosh. It is being developed at the Research Services Branch (RSB) of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)"]

  40. OffShore Technology
    [the Website for the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry]

  41. Oil Network News

  42. Oil Link
    [extensive links for petroleum related topics]

  43. Oil OnLine
    ["Oil OnLine, based in Houston, Texas, the Capital of the Oil Industry, is a FREE service where in only 5 MINUTES you can...check stocks, access late breaking industry news, review career opportunities, scan product releases, locate past associates, look up addresses, view rig counts, research industry data, purchase maps, join an association..."]

  44. OREFUS
    [Geophysics Links from the Netherlands]

  45. Petroleum Internet Resources
    [extensive petroleum-related links]

  46. Salt Tectonics
    [Professor Giovanni Guglielmo, University of Texas]

  47. Samizdat Press
    ["Samizdat Press is devoted to the free distribution of books, lecture notes and software. Our special focus is material of a pedagogical nature", Colordao School of Mines]

  48. Schlumberger:The history of a technique

  49. Science Central
    [Geophysics, Seismology and Volcanology]

  50. Seismic Refraction Case Studies
    [from the University of British Columbia]

  51. Seismic Anisotropy and Mantle Flow in Subduction Zones

  52. Seismic Monitoring System
    [Canada]

  53. Seismic Unix
    [Center for Wave Phenomena]

  54. Sequence Stratigraphy
    [Davis Consulting, don't miss the dictionary of sequence stratigraphy terminology]

  55. SIOSEIS
    ["a software package for enhancing and manipulating marine seismic reflection and refraction data"]

  56. Spread Sheets for Geophysial Modeling
    [Brian Robinson, U. Lancaster]

  57. Stanford Center for Reservoir Forecasting
    [packages which allow integration of data of multiple scales]

  58. 2-D and 3-D Pseudo-Seismic Transforms of Wireline Logs: A Seismic Approach to Petrophysical Sequence Stratigraphy
    [Kansas Geological Survey]

  59. 3-D Processing Report
    [B. Hicks, Stanford]

  60. Utah Tomography, Modeling and Migration Studies
    [The mission of the Utah Tomography And Modeling/Migration (UTAM) consortium is to develop innovative tomography, modeling and migration methods for exploration geophysics. We provide a library of modeling, migration and inversion codes to our members, where most of the forward modeling codes are SU compatible. The consortium started in 1987 and our current staff consists of 8 graduate students, one post-doctor research scientist, and Prof. Gerard Schuster. ]

  61. introduction to Wavelets
    [IEEE]

  62. VOLPAC
    [The VolPack Volume Rendering Library]

  63. MacVOL
    [ MacVol is a Macintosh volume renderer based on VolPack, a Unix volume-rendering library]

  64. Wavelet Digest
    [U. South Carolina, subscribe at no charge]

  65. Wavelet Resources
    [extensive listing of courses and reference materials]

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