Web+Resources+for+Island+Project

=\**WEB RESOURCES FOR ISLAND PROJECT**=

** THE MOST USEFUL LINKS FOR YOUR RESEARCH ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW **
//**ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE EARTH**// []

**OR NAMING PLACES ON YOUR ISLAND** [|http://www.travlang.com/languages/]

**CONVERSION: METRIC -ENGLISH** [] [] [] []

**EARTH SCIENCE WORLD IMAGE BANK** []

www.amazing-planet.com
 * AMAZING PLANET **

**LANDFORMS** [] []

**LANDFORMS ON TOPGRAPHIC MAPS** []

**TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS**

**ONLINE REFERENCES** [] [] [|http://my.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter/Geo204/Topo/] [|http://www.whitetailstewards.com/articlesonsite/huntingtips/howtoreadtopomaps.htm]

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 * SHADED RELIEF MAP **

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 * DIGITAL RELIEF MAPS **

**PRACTICE WITH TOPO MAPS** [|http://profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/contour/index.html] [|http://raider.muc.edu/~mcnaugma/Topographic%20Maps/contour.htm] [|http://www2.una.edu/geography/topo_maps/step_1.htm] [] [] [] [] []

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 * MAP LEGEND AND SYMBOLS **

**SPECIFIC MAPS** Europe - Physical and Political map []

Greece [|http://merkel.zoneo.net/Topo/Applet/http://merkel.zoneo.net/Topo/Applet/] []

**PRACTICE WITH TOPOGRAPHIC CROSS-SECTIONS** []

__** OCEANOGRAPHY **__ __** [] **__

http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sites_allalpha.html#G
 * WORLDWIDE TIDE TABLES **

http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sites_allcurrent.html
 * WORLDWIDE OCEAN CURRENT SPEEDS **

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 * THE OCEANS - currents and tides **

** Effects of changing sea levels (requires Java) ** http://merkel.zoneo.net/Topo/Applet/

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 * Ocean currents and global winds animation **

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 * Worldwide tables - wave heights, currents, winds, air pressure **

**THE WORLD'S BIOMES** [] [] []

__** WEATHER AND CLIMATE **__

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 * The largest accessible collection of climate data on the Web **

What's the Difference Between Weather and Climate? **[]**

Weather reports [] []

Meditterranean Weather []

**GEOLOGIC HISTORY** **AND TIMELINE** [] []


 * PLATE TECTONICS**

EARTH HISTORY ANIMATION []

Plate Tectonics and Earth History []

Depositional Coastal landforms (i.e. Barrier Islands ): []

Barrier Islands and Barrier Beaches []

Erosional Coastal Landforms []

Submerged and Depositional Coasts []

Reefs [] []

** +++++++++++++++THE WORLD'S ISLANDS++++++++++++++ **

Island information links - mostly population and size []

Principal world islands and groups []

Historical Information - very comprehensive []

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 * SATELLITE VIEWS OF ISLANDS **

**CARRIBBEAN SEA** Virgin Islands [] Netherlands antilles (Aruba, Bonaire) [] [] [] []

Weather and Climate information for the Carribbean [|http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/forecastmaps?LANG=en&CONT=mamk®ION=0019&LAND=AT&UP=0&R=161] Bahama Geology [|http://strata.geol.sc.e] du/Bahamas/BahamasGalleryIndex.html Lesser Antilles Geology [] [] Lesser Antilles weather and climate [] Netherlands Antilles General information []

Geology of Bonaire, Curacao and Aruba [|http://www.unesco.org/csi/pub/papers/demayer.htmhttp://brochures.aruba.com/georigin/georigin.pdf] Bonaire weather and climate [] Aruba weather and climate []

**SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN** Micronesia / Pohnpei geology and geography [] [] Fiji [|http://www.govisitfiji.com/fiji/default.asp] [|http://www.mrd.gov.fj/gfiji/geology/educate/geo_fiji.html] [|http://www.mrd.gov.fj/gfiji/img/maps/geology/Fijigeo.gif] [|http://www.mrd.gov.fj/gfiji/img/promo/prmplate.jpgFIJI HYDROLOGYhttp://www.mrd.gov.fj/gfiji/geology/educate/grndwatr.html] Coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific - this is a GREAT resource for islands in the region of Oceania in the South Pacific (Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia) [|http://research.calacademy.org/research/izg/CoralReefOrganisms/CoralReefs/CORAL%20REEFS.html] Geology of Eniwetok Atoll and Bora Bora [|http://strata.geol.sc.edu/EniwetokGallery/EniwetokGallery.html] Galapagoes Islands information [] [] [] [] Galapagoes Islands geology [] [] [] New Caledonia geology http://www.croixdusud.info/geo_eng/nc_geol_eng.php Fiji and Tonga Flora and Fauna []

**NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN** Geology of Vancouver (and Queen Charlotte Island) []

**NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN** Atlantic Ocean tsunami threat [|http://geology.com/news/2005/09/atlantic-ocean-tsunami-threat.html] Azores information [] [] Geology of the Azores [] Azores climate [] Geology of the Canary Islands [] []

**MEDITTERANEAN SEA**

Geology of Mallorca [|http://strata.geol.sc.edu/Miocene-Mallorca/MioceneMallorcaIntro.html] []

Geology of the Aegean Sea region [] [] []

Water circulation []

Geology of Malta [] []

Falkland Islands general information [] Falkland Islands geology []
 * SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN **

**INDIAN OCEAN** Physical Geography of Andaman Islands [] History, Language and Geology of Maldives [] Maldives needs a new home [] United Nations - Post-Tsunami Environmental Assessment in Maldives [] Timor Geology [|http://www.unescap.org/esd/water/publications/mineral/amrs/vol17/Chapter%20II(new).pdf http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Geology_of_Indonesia/Timor] Christmas Island geology [] Christmas Island general info [] Mauritius [] [] [] Seychelles []