California Geo-organizations

• San Diego Association of Geologists
• Fallbrook Gem and Mineral Society
• Geologic History of San Diego County (Mike Walawender)
• Geology of San Diego County (Tom Demere)
• California Geological Survey (formerly CDMG)
• AAPG Pacific Section
• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
• Page Museum - La Brea Tar Pits

General Geo-organizations

• Geology News
• webGeology (Norway)
  Flash Animations Illustrating Various Geologic Principles
• American Geological Institute (AGI)
• Geological Society of America
• U.S. Geological Survey
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists
• The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
• 
  Earth Science Week 2010, October 10 - 16
  This year's theme: "Exploring Energy"
• Earth Science Picture of the Day
• INEGI
  (geographic, demographic and economic information of Mexico)

Climate Change Links

• UO Geography -- Environmental Change Research Group
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• Why America is flunking science - Global warming - Salon.com
  (sorry about the annoying popups!!!)
• How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic : A Few Things Ill Considered
  (Blog)
• NERC - Climate change challenge summary
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• Scholars and Rogues » Anti-global heating claims – a reasonably thorough debunking
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• Myths vs. Facts: Global Warming — OSS Foundation
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• Skeptical Science: Examining Global Warming Skepticism
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• RealClimate

College Courses On-line

• Intro to Petrology - University of British Columbia
• Space Resources - University of Wisconsin
  Taught by the only geologist to have taken a field trip to the moon!
• Gems and Gem Materials, Jill Banfield, UC Berkeley
  (formerly "Gems and Precious Stones" at U of Wis)
• Hard Rock Geology Home Page - Humboldt State University
  Includes thin section photos and descriptions
• Intro to GIS - Oregon State University
  Dawn Wright, Department of Geosciences

General Geology

• Notes on Planet Earth 3.0
  Dr. Gary Girty's E-book Plus... (SDSU)
• Geomorphology From Space (NASA/JPL)
• The Virtual Geosciences Professor
• A Geologist's Lifetime Field List
• Dr. Ron Blakey, Geology Professor, Northern Arizona University
• Bill Arnett's Planet Earth Page
• Geochemistry On the World Wide Web
• WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements

Rocks and Minerals

• Rob's Granite Page
• Geokem - Igneous Geochemistry
• Athena Mineralogy; Pierre Perroud (Switzerland)
• MinDat.org
  STUNNING photos of mineral specimens!
• Amethyst Mineral Galleries
• The EUROMIN Project
• The Nature of Diamonds (Am. Museum of Nat. Hist.)
• The Arkenstone Fine Mineral Specimens

Miscellany

• Minnesota Geological Survey (check out the 'Virtual Egg Carton')
• Information Pages on Baja California
• New England Meteoritical Services
• Minnesota's Rocks & Waters - Winona State University
• Geology of Wisconsin Index
  Steven Dutch, UW - Green Bay

• Rise and Fall of San Diego: 150 Million Years of History Recorded in Sedimentary Rocks by Pat Abbott (1999)
• The Pennisular Ranges: A Geological Guide to San Diego's Back Country by Mike Walawender (2000)
• Geology of the Elsinore Fault Zone, San Diego Region: SDAG/SCGS Volume Number 31-2003 edited by Murbach & Hart (2003)
• Geology and History of Southeastern San Diego County, California: San Diego Association of Geologists Field Trip Guidebook for 2005 and 2006 edited by Bloom, Farquharson & Ziegler (2006)
• Understanding The Life Of Point Loma edited by Houk (2004)