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Field work can be tiring--even
online--so we've scouted out the top three trips for you. If
you choose to go it alone, there's a
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ONEONTA TO THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY ONLINE
FIELDTRIP |
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Follow this electronic road
log of a geology class trip and you'll travel back some 400
million years in earth history. Along the way you'll learn the
basics of rock formation and plate tectonics. You'll also get
to know the students on the trip, at least by sight. They don't
say much but, maybe for that reason, it's easy to identify with
them.
http://www.hartwick.edu...
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THE VIRTUAL CAVE |
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You think popcorn comes with
butter? Think again. This trip gives "popcorn," "showerheads,"
and "soda straws" new meanings, by locating them on the walls
of caves. The beauty of the trip is that it plunges you underground
into an "ideal" cave. It's not exactly Plato's ideal, but the
variety of rock formations shown here makes for almost perfect
virt-tripping. A full listing of commercial caves in the States
completes the site.
http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave.html
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JURASSIC REEF PARK |
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A virtual tour through a
Jurassic-aged reef. The trip begins on a sandy beach, under
some palm trees, appealing to the romantic/beachcomber in us
all. But don't doubt the quality or quantity of data here. Beneath
the tropical sheen, this site is solid information: the history
of reef-building, the role of reefs in a global environment,
a geo-glossary. In English or German.
http://www.palaeo.de/edu/JRP/
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Ascension Island |
Big Bend National Park, Texas
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Coastal Geology of Natural Bridges State
Park |
Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
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Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming,
U.S.A. |
An Introduction to the Indian Peaks
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JASON
Project Home Page |
Mazon Creek Fossils |
Ocean Planet, A Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibition |
The San Andreas Fault and the San Francisco
Bay Area |
A Trip Through the Grand Canyon
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The Virtual Field Trip of Malta
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Virtual Tour and Field Trip Sites:
Collected by Lewis A. Armstrong, Abilene Christian University
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Geology Field Trips:
Collected by John Butler, University of Houston
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