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International and National Organisations
Data/Information
libraries
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International Council of Scientific Unions;
World data center system: A series of world data centres equipped with
computer facilities and using electronic networks to meet requests, exchange
catalogue information and transfer data.
Coastal Data
Terrain Data
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National Imagery and Mapping Agency Digital
Terrain Elevation Data: A uniform matrix of terrain elevation values
which provides basic quantitative data for systems and applications that
require terrain elevation, slope, and/or surface roughness information.
A good example that should be followed in the UK. (US)
Karst Data
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World
Cave Database: A database of long and deep caves from all around the
world. It comes currently in three
versions: sorted by depth (deeper
than 300m), by length (longer than 3kms), and classified by country. (France)
Education Materials
Coastal Processes
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East
Yorkshire Coast - Geology and Geomorphology: An illustrated brochure
showing the relationship of the visible landforms of the Yorkshire Coast
to the underlying geology and the geomorphic processes that have shaped
them. An excellent UK case study providing a useful insight into coastal
processes. (UK)
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Chris Metzler Coastal
Erosion Field Trip: A guide to coastal erosion in the northern part
of San Diego county, California, from fletcher cove in solana beach to
the mouth of the San Diego river in Del Mar, provides a detailed account
of the characteristics found and also provides images and exercises. (US)
Glaciation and Periglaciation
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David M. Pinkham, NASA Glaciers:
Undergraduate resource providing a broad general basis and general introduction
to the nature of glaciation and glaciers and also introducing a detailed
case study of the Muir Glacier. (US)
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The National Snow and Ice Data Center Glaciers:
Introductory online courseware for undergraduates, graduating from
what is a glacier? to how do glaciers reflect climate change? also provides
quick glacier facts. (US)
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Dr T Murray, University of Leeds Glaciology:
An in-depth example of undergraduate teaching including lecture outlines,
past exam questions, assignments and assessments. (UK)
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The Virtual Geography Department Indian
Peaks, Colorado: An illustrated brochure investigating the altitudinal
variation of vegetation and glacial geomorphology found in the Indian Peaks
section of the Colorado Front Range. The route follows many alpine glacial
and periglacial forms, includes photographs and field exercises. (US)
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Mendenhall
Glacier: Introductory level photographic essay investigating glacial
landforms in general, the Juneau icefield, the Mendenhall glacier and it's
formation. There are exercises provided and useful illustrations. (US)
Hydrology
Karst Environments
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The
Virtual Cave: In-depth photographic essay of the characteristics of
caves such as cave popcorn, rimstone pools and draperies; a large number
of visual aids are provided on the tour. (US)
Landscape and Landforms
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Landforms in 3D:
Provide a variety of services including world-wide web GIS, mapping and
visualisation and 3-D Terrain Modelling.(UK)
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NASA Geomorphology
from Space: A gallery of space imagery treating geographic regions
where a particular landform theme is exemplified. (US)
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Terrain Sciences Division of the Geological Survey of
Canada Canadian
Landscapes: A collection of photos of Canadian landscapes and landforms
presented as a public service to illustrate the great diversity of Canadian
scenery.(Canada)
Miscellaneous
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Virtual
Geomorphology: Electronic textbook with essays and models discussing
many differing aspects of geomorphology from planetary geomorphology to
historical geomorphology. (Poland)
Electronic
Journals
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Earth
Magazine: Recent issues available through subscription, but news and
archives publicly available.(US)
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Frozen
Ground: News bulletin published semi-annually, access to download,
view and print. (UK)
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Glacial
Geology and Geomorphology: Public access available to a limited number
of abstracts, subscription works on a pay-per-viewing of paper basis.(UK)
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Journal
of Hydrology: Abstracts and full-text articles are freely available.
In the past access has only been provided to abstracts, but from volume
190 full text versions are available in PDF format. (Netherlands)
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Landform
Analysis: Abstracts are available for papers in each volume,
for full length papers subscription is required, submission of papers is
also available. (Poland)
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Tropical
Geomorphology Newsletter: Publicly available reports, book reviews,
conference reports and also a large number of abstracts for current research
projects. (Singapore)
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