NOTICE: If you click on any of these links you will leave the official site of Southern Polytechnic State University. External sites are not endorsed by SPSU.
Last updated 2/6/00
(With thanks to Robbie Rahn and Brandon Odil, Summer 1999: Syed Firoz, Fahad Huraish,Seth Watson, Carol Ware, and Kow Ansah and Adama Fall, Spring 2000)
Pictures and maps:
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/europe_west_asia/heimaey/heimaey.html
Vestmannaeyar web site:
http://www.eyjar.is/eyjar/Westm.html
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) advice on
volcanoes:
http://www.fema.gov/library/volcanof.htm
Lots of volcano terms defined and explained--with pictures!
United States Geological Survey Photo Glossary:
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/pglossary.html
This web site would help you to understand how a Volcano works
and what it is, volcanic emmissions, and so on:
http://www.sunysuffolk.edu/~mandias/honors/student/volcano/what_is_a_volcano.html
This website about the 1984 Mauna Loa eruption with nice
pictures and descriptions. (Click on the pictures next to the
text to get full-screen versions of the pictures.)
http://www.volcanic.com/gallery/maunaloa/mlophoto.html
A site were one can find information on current Volcanic
eruptions. (Especially cool site. JRN)
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/current.html
Interviews with volcanologists (you know, people who study
volcanoes).
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/interview/
Volcanoes as tourist attractions!
http://www.volcano-hawaii.com/
United States Geological Survey's
Volcanoes of the United States:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volcus/
The Electronic Volcano (!):
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/
Questions (and Answers!) about Lava:
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/group1.html
Describes and illustrates lava flows:
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/What/Lava/lavaflow.html
General info from United States Geological Survey Hawaiian
Volcano Observatory:
http://www.hawaii-cyber-world.com/volcano/lava.html
Mauna Loa info from United States Geological Survey Hawaiian
Volcano Observatory:
http://wwwhvo.wr.usgs.gov/maunaloa/hazards/main.html
Lava Beds National Monument California:
http://www.aqd.nps.gov/grd/parks/labe/index.htm
Interesting information about the
volcano of Heimaey. Great pictures!:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Cyprus/8960/Heimay_volcano.html
Helpful to picture the Heimaey eruption, and it also offers information for
people who are interested.
http://norvol.hi.is/vestm.html
Have you ever wondered why volcanoes
form or the many hazards caused by
there eruption? Did you know there are different lava types? If you answered
"NO" to any one of these
questions you need to check out this site:
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/entry.html
Book review written by Tom Simkim and Lee Siebert. It contains
pictures and maps of sites worldwide. It also contains statistics
on each site such as, last eruption and future eruptions.
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vw_hyperexchange/votw_review.html
This web-site shows volcanoes in North America. It also has an
attached video of the mudflow from Mt. St. Halen, and pictures of
Paricutin volcanoe which was formed in a cornfield in Mexico.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/volcanoes/html/sidebar1.html
This contains volcanoes links to: 1. commercial products and
arts (free screen saver available) 2. General directory to any
volcanoe sites. 3. Links to Hawaiian Volcanoe Observatory.
http://www.volcanoes.com/
(With thanks to Ken Taaffe, Summer 1999; Patrice Turner, J. R. Barden, and Adama Fall, Spring 2000)
University of Iowa page under construction (check it out to
see if it's there yet . . .):
http://www.geology.uiowa.edu/research/labasin.html
United States Geological Survey page:
http://landslides.usgs.gov/html_files/landslides/scfires/scfires.html
City of Los Angeles preparedness page:
http://www.cityofla.org/BOSS/storm.htm
Example of federally funded research:
http://www.people.memphis.edu/~prnews/reles/1998/june/LANDSLID.HTM
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) advice on
landslides:
http://www.fema.gov/library/landslif.htm
An LA website for helping locals reduce the risks of debris
flows:
http://159.83.181.18/pln/HomeOwners/enter.cfm
Pictures of the San Gabriels (with explicit mention of
McPhee!):
http://www.acs.csulb.edu/~persepha/SanGabriels.html
Pictures of landslides and debris flows.
http://geology.wr.usgs.gov/wgmt/elnino/scampen/examples.html
This site provides information and
pictures of the Los Angeles River
and its basins.
http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/target/units/river/tour/hist.html
This site provides pictures and
information on the cause of various
destructive land movements such as debris flows.
http://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/basicgeo/landslid.html#FLOWS
United States Geological Survey
earthquakes page:
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov
Historic Rainstorms in California by James D. Goodridge:
http://home.earthlink.net/~bdubay/storms.htm
A paper proposing a debris flow warning
system:
http://www.dir.ucar.edu/esig/socasp/weather1/zeizel.html
Debris flows on a California
volcano--Mt. Shasta:
http://water.wr.usgs.gov/shasta/geologic.html
Information on Chaparral. Everything
from it's climates to why it needs
fire to survive.
http://www.csun.edu/~csc24235/hairach.html
A brief summary of where, how, and why
chaparral plants exist:
http://knight.noble-hs.sad60.k12.me.us/benbob/chaparral/summary.html
This site has pictures of stuctures that
help prevent debris flows:
http://maligne.civil.ualberta.ca/water/research/restopics/arbind/dbflow.html
Information on how wildfires and debris
flows tie into each other. It also has a
map of California and more links:
http://landslides.usgs.gov/html_files/landslides/scfires/scfires.html
This site
has a map showing debris flow susceptibility in Southern California:
http://geology.wr.usgs.gov/wgmt/elnino/scampen/mapexamp.html
This site forecasts
floods. It will tell you how much risk there is of a flood in your area:
http://www.earthsat.com/flood/floodcast.html
This site has anything and everything
your ever wanted to know about
floods, debris flows, and volcanos:
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Floods/framework.html
San Gabriel pics :
http://home.earthlink.net/~wwilkens/sierra/photos_sgm.htm
(With many thanks to Greg Wood and Robbie Rahn, Summer 1999; Cory Mitchell and Kow Ansah, Spring 2000)
Army Corps of Engineers Main Site: http://www.usace.army.mil/
Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District: http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/
New Orleans District Water Management Online: http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/eng/edhd/watercon.htm
Maps:
A closeup of the 'H' described the book where the Atchafalaya
is joined to the Mississippi by the Old River. You can see the
original H and the new much straighter (New River?) path dug by
the Corps.
http://www.expediamaps.com/default.asp?C=32.5073311002466,-89.4981170326873&A=150&OX=-757.1496138996141&OY=-676.7023809523813&E=P53fe
A wide shot of the basin showing Baton Rogue, New Orleans, and
where the Atchafalaya empties out at Morgan City.
http://www.expediamaps.com/default.asp?C=32.5073311002466,-89.4981170326873&A=1000&OX=-594.6496138996141&OY=-968.3690476190479&E=P53fe
Chapter on Streams and Floods, explicitly including the
Mississippi Flood of 1993:
http://newmedia.avs.uakron.edu/geology/ge/ch/stf/intro.htm
Old River Control web page:
http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/oldriver/oldriver.htm
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) advice on floods:
http://www.fema.gov/library/floodf.htm
Gives you a little history and present fact about the
Atchafalaya. It give a bit of geological description, tells about
its use since the 18th century and then some of the species found
in it. It also links you to an encyclopedia of Cajon Culture, via
'home', and a search engine for Cajon Culture.
http://www.cajunculture.com/Places/atchafal.htm
Provide links to find out about ports, travel, ecology, etc.
on the Atchafalaya. If you use the 'home' link it will take you
to a site where you can find out about other Mississippi rivers.
http://www.louisiana1one.com/Rivers/atchafalaya/atchafalaya_river_ports.htm
Some History on the Mississippi River
http://www.gatewayno.com/History/Mississippi.html
Atchafalaya Basin Program
http://www.dnr.state.la.us/sec/atchafalaya/index.ssi
Some picutres of Mississippi Flooding Events
http://www.nwslmrfc.noaa.gov/flood/MSflood.html
http://www.nwslmrfc.noaa.gov/flood/MSRIVflood.html
http://www.lacoast.gov/Programs/Cwppra/Projects/terrebonne/MarshCreation/Imagery.htm
The Atchafalaya Basin Coastal Restoratin
http://cwppra.nwrc.gov/Programs/Cwppra/Projects/atchafalaya/
Corps of Engineers:
http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/oldriver/problem.htm
Mississippi attempted to divert most of its flow through Old
River and down the Atchafalaya
http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/oldriver/oldriver.htm
(With thanks to Phillip Read, Ernest Green, and Jason Smith, Summer 1999)
Web Site of Future Generations, a contemporary eugenics group:
http://www.eugenics.net/
Pictures--warning! BIG download; most of you will want to skip
this one:
http://www.kadets.d20.co.edu/~lundberg/ethics/index.html
Africa 2000 Media Group: Eugenics Watch page:
http://www.africa2000.com/ENDX/endx.htm
An individual's pro-eugenics web page with many links:
http://home.att.net/~nuenke/index.htm
Sir Francis Galton:
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~rsauzier/Galton.html
Links about eugenics:
http://www.marmoset.com/60minute/Webnav/eugen.html
Compares "Abortion Holocaust and Nazi Holocaust":
http://user.mc.net/dougp/ahm/cor1.htm
History of Eugenics:
http://home.earthlink.net/~johnmur/walker/history.html
(With thanks to Zaheer Jamal, Josh Min, James Laborde, Paul Bennett, and David Barnes, Spring 2000.)
A site providing a lot of imformation on genetics. [page built
by students]
http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/Science/Biotechnology_and_Genetics
General articles about genetic engineering:
http://www.anth.org/IFGENE/articles.htm
The reason this would be useful is because we are at a Technical
school and also gives good insite to the discoveries that
scientists are discovering every day.
This site has useful information on the latest developments in
genetic engineering. There are also chat forums where you can
discuss your personal opinions about some of the topics being
discussed.
http://www.eugenesis.com
This is a link page of a handful of wepages dealing with
genetics, eugenics, and genetic engineering.
http://www.lycos.com/wguide/wire/wire_94046130_82634_3_1.html
The following has links to current information on genetics.
http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/genetics
Good site for technical definitions (eg., eugenics, natural
selection and genetics):
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search.phtml?title=eugenics
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search.phtml?title=selection
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search.phtml?title=genetics
(With thanks to Zaheer Jamal, Spring 2000)
Subject: A site which gives a lot of imformation on cloning
http://library.thinkquest.org/20015/index.shtml
(With thanks to students in Summer 1999; Syed Firoz, David Barnes, Carol Ware, Insiyah Ahmedi, Tiffany Sullivan, Cory Mitchill, Sam Boldea, James Laborde, Quent Wilson, and Zaheer Jamal, Spring 2000.)
National Human Genome Research Institute
http://www.nhgri.nih.gov
National Human Genome Research Institute:
http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/ELSI
Specific info on the ethical,legal, and social implications of
genetic research. The reason this web site would be so useful
would be because it has different views on the controversial
issue of genetic testing.
Mountain States Regional Genetic Services Network
http://www.ahsc.arizona.edu/~msrgsn/gd/gdlist.htm#marker
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
http://www.debra.org.uk/debra/preimpla.htm
http://www.givf.com
A LONG list of genetic disorders with links to information:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Genetic_Disorders/
Short book review explaining genetics and malaria:
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/proj/anthro/asm101/articles/article5.html
"A resource site which would be useful to the general
public, patients, students, doctors and researchers."
http://infolanka.com/org/genetics/
"GeneClinics is a medical knowledge base relating genetic
testing to the diagnosis, management, and genetic counseling of
individuals and families with specific inherited disorders."
http://www.geneclinics.org/
"This database is a catalog of human genes and genetic
disorders...."
http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/
This is site has case studies on human research from a book
called "Your Genes, Your Choices":
http://ehrweb.aaas.org/ehr/books/
This is the leading research site for genetic research funded
by the Dept. of Energy :
http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/home.html
Gene Privacy at the above site: http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/publicat/hgn/v8n1/04capesi.html
The site is about whether gene information should be kept quiet
or if it should be allowed to the public.
Genetic Testing: This is a general site to get an
understanding about genetic testing.
http://bewell.healthgate.com/healthy/woman/1999/gentest/index.asp
Human Genetic Testing: This was a general genetic site with an
example of a lady's father who died of colon cancer.
http://www4.nas.edu/beyond/beyonddiscovery.nsf/web/gene?OpenDocument
Human Genome Project: This site was used to look at the
origination of the Human Genome Project and to get an idea of
what is was.
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/about.html
Pre-natal Diagnosis: This site gave a list of different types of prenatal diagnosises used to check the fetus and the percentage of risk involved with theses test. http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/PRENATAL/PRENATAL.html
On the controversy of saying no to genetic research when it
can help with autism.
http://www.autismresearch.org/
Question and legal issues involving genetics.
http://www.faseb.org/genetics/ashg/policy/pol-12.htm
Paper written regarding intergeneratinal concerns.
http://health.upenn.edu/~bioethic/genetics/articles/11.mauron.genetic.html
A few questions raised based on the genetic information we
have available.
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/resource/elsi.html
Very good info on whether a person should or should not give
her/his genetic information.
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/genechoice/5_donita.html
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of genectic research.
Both of these sites deal with the possible implications of
genectic information.
http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/About_NHGRI/Der/Elsi/
I found some info on genetic privacy at these sites. There was
some pretty interesting info. Everyone should check it
http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/mcgpp/final/summary.htm
http://www.csu.edu.au/learning/ncgr/gpi/odyssey/privacy/def_priv.html
This website has information dealing with privacy laws.
http://www.law.lsu.edu/library/biblio/genetics.html
(With thanks to Sara Luis-Ruiz and Insiyah Ahmedi, Spring 2000)
Campaign for Labeling: Over the past few years, large scale experiments has been made on our food's supply. Today, 2/3 of the food on the market shelves contain GE ingredients, without the knowledge of a vast majority of Americans. The Campaign for Labelling is just a way to ensure that the consumer knows what is going on with the food. http://www.futuradesign.co.uk/gm/
Hazards of GE Foods: This is a very good site for information
on the hazards of Genetically modified foods and crops. It makes
you think twice before eating things like potatoes, milk... look
for the GE fact sheet.
http://www.purefood.org
Environmental defense's Genetically Engineered Food Q&A
page
http://www.edf.org/pubs/FactSheets/a_BioTFact.html
Prisoners' rights:
http://www.aele.org/jplbsam.html#6
(With thanks to Robbie Rahn, James Chandler, and Phillip Read, Summer 1999)
The Economist on-line (great source for current events
articles . . .)
http://www.economist.com
The National Center for Policy Analysis
http://www.ncpa.org
World Policy Journal
http://worldpolicy.org
Ecomall (ecological issues including biotech)
http://www.ecomall.com
Environmental Justice page at the Sierra Club
http://tamalpais.sierraclub.org/toxics/ejhome.asp
Appropriate technology definitions and topics
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JITE/v32n3/Linnell.html
Border EcoWeb (environmental issues and environmental justice
on the US / Mexico border)
http://www.borderecoweb.sdsu.edu/Media/justice.html
Bureau of Reclamation page:
University of Wisconsin--Stevens Point course homepage with
lots of useful linkd to dam info re: US, abroad.
See especially optional resources section at the very bottom.
http://www.uwsp.edu/acaddept/geog/courses/geog100/BigDams.htm
KTEH "Cadillac Desert" 4-part documentary home page:
http://www.kteh.org/cadillacdesert/home.html
Review of A River Lost by Blaine Harden, re: the
damming of the Columbia River:
http://www.nrdc.org/eamicus/96fall/river.html
(Thanks to Albert Chen, Summer 1999)
National Park Service Cape Hatteras web page:
http://www.nps.gov/caha/capehatteras.htm
Louisiana barrier islands (with pictures):
http://marine.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/Barrier/barrier.html
New York Department of State: Costal Issues: Erosion and
Flooding:
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/cstl/erosion.html
United States Geological Survey Center for Coastal Geology:
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov
United State Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology
Program:
http://marine.usgs.gov
Florida Deparment of Environmental Protection, Division of
Water Facilities:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/beach/default.htm
Pima Community College geology page:
http://west.pima.edu/~glg_hack/class.html
Santa Barbara case study:
http://www.rain.org/~pjenkin/point/growing//beach.html
Companies that make coastal erosion their business:
http://www.erosion.com
www.coastalplanning.com