General Resources
On the Earth System Science of North America
Books
- Bally, A.W., and Palmer, A.R., eds., 1989, The geology of North America—An overview, v. A of The geology of North America. Geological Society of America: Boulder, CO, 619 p
Maps (printed)
- Thelin, G.P. and Pike, R.J., 1991, Landforms of the Conterminous United States—A Digital Shaded-Relief Portrayal. USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2206
- Muehlberger, W.R., compiler, 1992, Tectonic map of North America, scale 1:5,000,000. American Association of Petroleum Geologists: Tulsa, OK
- Reed, J.C., and Bush, C.A., 2007, Geology: The National Atlas of the United States 32 x 28”
- Reed, J.C., and Bush, C.A., 2007, About the geologic map in the National Atlas of the United States of America. US Geological Survey Circular 1300, 52 p.,
- USGS, 2005, Resources for the Geologic Map of North America.
- Vigil, J.F., Pike, R.J., and Howell, D.G., 2000, A tapestry of time and terrain. US Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series 2720, 1 plate scale 1:2,500,000, 1 pamphlet
Maps (online)
- American Geological Institute’s Earth Comm 2nd edition, Map Resources. (a compilation of online map resources)
- Google Earth
- The National Atlas of the United States (custom-make maps)
- The National Map
- The National Map: Historical Topographic Map Collection (on-line historic topographic maps)
- US Topo Quadrangles—Maps for America (on-line topographic maps)
Geologic time resources online
- Correlated History of the Earth Chart, v 8, 2013 (Laminated).
- International Commission on Stratigraphy.
- The Paleontology Portal
Dictionaries
- Allaby, M., 2013, A dictionary of geology and Earth sciences. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK
- Bates, R. Latimer, & Jackson, J. A., 1984, Dictionary of geological terms (3rd ed.), Anchor Press: Garden City, NY
- McGraw-Hill Education, 2003, McGraw-Hill dictionary of geology and mineralogy. McGraw-Hill: New York
Earth system science organizations
- American Association of State Geologists
- American Geological Institute (AGI is an umbrella organization representing over 40 other geological organizaitons)
- American Geophysical Union
- Association for Women Geoscientists
- Geological Society of America
- Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS helps US farmers, ranchers and forest landowners conserve soil, water, air and other natural resources)
- Paleontological Research Institution (publisher of this volume).
- Paleontological Society
- US Geological Survey
General Earth Science Education Resources
Websites
- Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)
- Resources for Earth science and geography instruction, by Mike Francek, Mike, Central Michigan University
- SERC (The Science Education Resource Center) K-12 resources. (Hundreds of classroom activities organized by grade level and topic as well as guidance on effective teaching.)
- SERC Earth Exploration Toolbook. (Collection of online Earth system science activities introducing scientific data sets and analysis tools.)
Science education organizations
- National Association of Geoscience Teachers. (Focuses on undergraduate geoscience education, but includes active secondary school educators.)
- National Earth Science Teacher Association. (Focused on secondary school Earth science education.)
- National Science Teacher Association
