www.geologybites.com by Oliver Strimpel Gillian Foulger on Explaining Intraplate Volcanism Without Mantle Plumes

New Wikipedia page established: Plate theory (volcanism) - Wikipedia

Geological movie explaining metamorphic rocks

What are metamorphic rocks and what do they have to do with plate tectonics?? There's cooking involved??! 

Metamorphic rocks are the third kind of rock, along with sedimentary and igneous. This 13.5 minute video by Univ. Texas at Dallas grad student Siloa Willis explains what kinds of Earth kitchens there are and explains how the much younger theory of plate tectonics helps us understand the older discipline of metamorphic petrology.

Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxTFkfzPX-s 

Museo Universitario di Scienze della Terra

Earth Sciences University Museum, Univ. Rome

The Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes – an open-access web resource containing eruption histories of Icelandic volcanoes, their characteristics and hazards.

Mantle Plume Processes

Vhub.org is a site for collaborative volcano research and risk mitigation.

Use the menus to browse available simulation tools, data resources and links to all things volcanic.

Geological Society of Africa (GSAf) — Société Géologique d’Afrique

The Geological Society of Africa (GSAf) was established in 1973 to encourage geoscientific collaboration and cooperation across the continent. Its main objectives are:

• to promote understanding of the earth sciences and improve standards of earth science education and research in Africa;
• to provide a forum for discussion and dissemination of information across national boundaries between scientists, associations and institutions engaged in African geology and earth resources;
• to promote the development and sustainable management of the continent's earth resources, to advance its socio-economic development; and
• to improve natural hazards assessment and disaster mitigation.

Mi tierra se mueve: Plumas del manto

A website containing numerous excellent geology animations:

http://welcome.to/geologycentral

Visit world volcanoes, where you can find useful information about volcanoes around the world.

You can find out volcanoes locations by country, area, and also by latitude and longitude.

Elevations of all volcanoes are included and you can plot of volcanoes on a map

Plate Tectonics and Mantle Dynamics resources on Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni's website:

http://www.geo.lsa.umich.edu/~crlb/

Mantle Convection Movies on Mike Gurnis' website:

http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~gurnis/Movies/movies-more.html

Recommended book:

Earth's Deep Mantle: Structure, Composition, and Evolution
Rob D. van der Hilst, Jay Bass, Jan Matas, Jeannot Trampert, Editors

Third Edition of "This Dynamic Planet" chart.

The map, ca 44 x 58", is printed on both sides. On one side is a world map showing topography, plate boundaries, impact craters, plate absolute and relative motions, volcanoes, seismicity, etc, and on the other, the two polar caps with subice and ice surace topography at bottom. It is printed on a plastic-type medium, rolled only, and costs $14 each.

The second edition (1994) has been widely used  for teaching, and nearly 100,000 copies were sold, a USGS record.