Resources
Links to Earth Science Resources in Kentucky
Go to the following sites to learn more about Kentucky’s geology, hydrology, and environment. The first site provides information for acquiring topographic and geologic maps for anywhere in the Commonwealth. Note: State and federal government sites can be difficult to navigate, so start with general links under selected topics (bottom of this page) or links on the K-12 education page if you are unfamiliar with scientific terminology.
Kentucky Geological Survey
Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
Kentucky Division of Water
USGS's Kentucky Water Science Center
Links to Selected U.S. Government Web Sites
The list of federal government science web sites is exhaustive. We have selected a few sites where you can learn more about various aspects of earth system science, including how to acquire specific scientific data for your area.
United States Geological Survey Science Topic Index
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
USGS Surface Water Information
NASA Home Index
U. S. Government Science Index
Links to Earth System Science Organizations
Links to AGI Member Societies
GSA Links Page
Links to Resources for Selected Topics
•Caves, sinkholes, karst systems
USGS Karst Page
Mammoth Cave
National Speleological Society
Carter Caves Crawlathon
•Climate change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Global Climate Change Research Explorer
•Earth imagery
NASA Earth Observatory
Google Earth
TerraServer
Earth Science World Image Bank
National Geophysical Data Center
•Earthquakes
USGS Earthquake Center
•Floods, flood plains, flood insurance
NOAA Flood Information Page
FEMA FloodSmart Page
USGS Flood Hazard Page
•Fossils, paleontology, extant life
The Paleontology Portal
Fossils of Kentucky
About Fossils, Time, & Evolution
The Tree of Life Web Project
•General geology
About Geology
•Geologic time
USGS Publication on Geologic Time
Web Geological Time Machine
About Geologic Time & Dating
About the Geologic Time Scale
•Groundwater, water wells, springs
USGS Groundwater Topics
USGS Water Resources Page
Well Water Quality
Groundwater Quality
•Hydrology, surface water, streams
Stream flow in the region
Stream flow around the US
Hydrology of Kentucky
Surface Water Quality
•Landslides
Types of Mass Wasting
USGS Landslide Hazards
•Maps
Reading Topographic Maps
Types of Maps, Map Symbols, etc.
USGS National Geologic Map Database
Download Maps & GIS Data
Magnetic North and Declination
•Minerals
Mineral and Locality Database
Mineralogy Database
The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
Mineral Gallery
•Oceanography
NOAA Ocean Home
NASA Oceanography
•Planetary geology
NASA JPL Solar System Page
•Rocks
About Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Kentucky Geological Survey Rocks Page
Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section
•Sediment, sedimentary rocks, ancient environments
About sedimentary rocks
Sedimentary rocks (KGS)
Sediment in motion
Sedimentary structures and past environments (P.J.W. Gore)
•Structural geology, faults, folds, strain
Teaching Resources in Structural Geology
Rod Holcombe Structural Geology Animation Center
•Tectonics, paleogeographic maps
USGS Dynamic Earth Publication
PALEOMAP Project
•Tsunamis
NOAA Tsunami Links
• Volcanoes
How Volcanoes Work
USGS Volcanoes Publication
USGS Volcano Hazards
•Weather and climate
NOAA Weather
NOAA Climate
NOAA National Weather Service
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