- CoreNational Geographic Society Encyclopedia entry
- CrustNational Geographic Society Encyclopedia entry
- Earth geological and climatic history (Khan Academy)A Khan Academy resource
- EarthViewerA Howard Hughes Medical Institute interactive resource
- LithosphereNational Geographic Society Encyclopedia entry
- Living RockAn USGS video resource, approx. 60 min.
- MantleNational Geographic Society Encyclopedia entry
- UnconformitySanta Monica College, © Alessandro Grippo
"An unconformity is a substantial time gap or break within a rock sequence. This time gap might represent either a very short interval or a very long interval."--website - USGS Educational Videos and Animations
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- USGS Multimedia Gallery
"The USGS Multimedia Gallery is our one-stop collection of videos, photography, and audio. All items in this gallery are considered public domain unless otherwise noted." -- website description - Web Soil SurveyAn USDA resource
Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes by Call Number: e-BookISBN: 9780231546874Publication Date: 2019-06-17
- Building Scientific Knowledge: The Story of Plate TectonicsHoward Hughes Medical Institute BioInteractive- free resources for science education
- EPOS: European Plate Observing SystemEpos Secretariat, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605 00143 Rome, Italy
- Geology : Plate TectonicsAn University of California Museum of Paleontology resource
- Life and death of the Resurrection plate: Evidence for its existence and subduction in the northeastern Pacific in Paleocene-Eocene timeHaeussler, P., Bradley, D., Wells, R., & Miller, M. (2003). Life and death of the Resurrection plate: Evidence for its existence and subduction in the northeastern Pacific in Paleocene-Eocene time. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 115, 867-880.
- Lost' tectonic plate called Resurrection hidden under the PacificBy Stephanie Pappas - Live Science Contributor , 10/2020
- Plate BoundariesYoutube video by St. Clairsville, OH eighth grade science teacher Liz Meredith
- Plate TectonicsAn Open University resource
- Plate TectonicsHoward Hughes Medical Institute BioInteractive- free resources for science education
- Plates ProjectAn The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) web resource
- This Dynamic Earth: the Story of Plate TectonicsA USGS publication
- As next supercontinent forms, Arctic Ocean, Caribbean will vanish firstBy By Eric Gershon, YaleNews, February 8, 2012
- Color-coded Continents (Maps)USGS resource
- Continent"Continent." Britannica Academic, Encyclopædia Britannica, 16 Sep. 2010. academic.eb.com/levels/collegiate/article/continent/26050. Accessed 21 Mar. 2017.
- Continental Movement Over the Past 200 Million YearsHoward Hughes Medical Institute BioInteractive- free resources for science education
- Continents in Collision: Pangea UltimaNASA Science Science News October 6, 2000
- A dead supercontinent is causing the Earth's ocean to sinkFox News, By Brandon Specktor Senior Writer, LiveScience 6//11/2019
- Did the Breakout of Laurentia Turn Gondwanaland Inside-Out?c 1991, Paul F. Hoffman, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Earth has a brand-new continent called Zealandia, and it's been hiding in plain sight for agesBusiness Insider, Dave Mosher
- Expedition reveals the violent birth of Earth’s hidden continent Zealandia, forged in a ring of fireTheConversation.com, Rupert Sutherland, Gerald Dickens, 2/6/2020
- Facts About Pangaea, Ancient SupercontinentLiveScience, By Tia Ghose, Associate Editor, February 22, 2018 07:30pm ET
- Meet Zealandia, the underwater continent that New Zealand sits onSydney Morning Herald, by Marcus Strom, February 17 2017
- ON THE MOVE: THE OCEAN, CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND PLATE TECTONICSHMY Yachts, a commercial site
- PANGAEA FORMATION — 225 MILLION YEARS AGOA City College of San Francisco resource
- Pangea (supercontinent)An Encyclopedia Britannica resource
- Plate Tectonics - Pangaea Continent MapsA Geology.com (commercial website) resource
- Reconstructing Rodinia by Fitting Neoproterozoic Continental MarginsAn USGS publication
- Slabs of North American Continent Are Layered Like CakeBy Live Science Staff | August 31, 2010
- Visual Glossary: Pangaea, Laurasia, GondwanaAn USGS publication
- The Whole Saga of the Supercontinents
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YouTube video, PBS Eons, 2/12/2018 - Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden ContinentGSA Today, Volume 27 Issue 3 (March/April 2017)
The Great rift : Africa's greatest story by Call Number: SBU BOL DVD Disc 551.1 G798ISBN: 9780780660885Publication Date: 2010
- Continental break-up: The East African perspectiveCynthia Ebinger; Continental break-up: The East African perspective. A&G 2005; 46 (2): 2.16-2.21. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2005.46216.x
- East Africa's Great Rift Valley: A Complex Rift SystemA Geology.com (commercial website) resource
- Rift! Geologic Clues to What's Tearing Africa Apart (Streaming Video)University of California Television (UCTV) Youtube video
- Geologists puzzle over a billion-year-old, once lava-filled crack in the MidwestSt. Louis Public Radio KWMU-1, By ELI CHEN, DEC 16, 2016
- Introduction to the Midcontinental RiftAn Iowa Geological Survey resource
- The Midcontinent RiftSeth Stein, Northwestern University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- The Mid Continent Rift (National Park Service)A National Park Service Resource
- Mysterious Midcontinent Rift is a geological hybridNorthwestern University. "Mysterious Midcontinent Rift is a geological hybrid." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 16 October 2014.
. - Geologists disprove theory about what stopped the formation of the Midcontinent RiftPhys.org, by Northwestern University, 12/8/2017
- North America's Midcontinent Rift: When rift met LIPStein, C. A., Kley, J., Stein, S., Hindle, D., & Keller, G. R. (2015). North America's Midcontinent Rift: When rift met LIP. Geosphere, 11(5), 1607-1616. doi:10.1130/GES01183.1
- Three Major Failed Rifts in Central North America: Similarities and DifferencesReece Elling, Seth Stein, Carol A. Stein, Kerri Gefeke, 6/7/2021
- Geophysical Setting of the Reelfoot Rift and Relations Between Rift Structures and the New Madrid Seismic ZoneGEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1538-E By Thomas G. Hildenbrand and John D.
Hendricks - New Madrid Fault System (The Reelfoot Rift)Saint Louis University Earthquake Center
- Evidence of contemporary and ancient excess fluid pressure in the New Madrid seismic zone of the Reelfoot rift, Central United StatesMcKeown, F.A. (Francis Alexander), by F. A. McKeown and S.F. Diehl. (Investigations of the New Madrid seismic zone; N) (U.S. Geology Survey professional paper; 1538-N) Supt.ofDocs.no.: 119.16:1538-N
- Paleoseismology of the southeastern Reelfoot Rift in western Tennessee and implications for intraplate fault zone evolutionCox, R. T., J. Cherryhomes, J. B. Harris, D. Larsen, R. B. Van Arsdale, and S. L. Forman (2006), Paleoseismology of the southeastern Reelfoot Rift in western Tennessee and implications for intraplate fault zone evolution, Tectonics, 25, TC3019, doi:10.1029/2005TC001829.
- Geologic Tour of the Rio Grande RiftNew Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
- New Mexico Is Stretching, Slowly but Surely (Rio Grande Rift)Time, Nick Carbone, Jan. 22, 2012
- Parting the continents - continental riftingCourse materials for Plate Tectonics, GEOL 3700, University of Nebraska at Omaha. Instructor: H. D. Maher Jr.,
- Satellites reveal hidden features at the bottom of Earth's seasAAAS Science article by Carolyn Gramling, 2 October 2014
- Sea Floor SpreadingA Discovery Education video featuring Bill Nye
- Seafloor Spreading (National Geographic)A National Geographic resource
- Earth's Magnetic FieldGNS Science, Te Pü Ao, is New Zealand’s leading provider of Earth, geoscience and isotope research and consultancy services.
- Earth's Magnetic Poles Can Flip Much More Often Than Anyone ThoughtEarth.com, By Yasemin Saplakoglu, 10/2019
- GeomagnetismA NOAA National Geophysical Data Center resource
- Great Magnet, the EarthA NASA resource by David P. Stern, Commemorating the 400th anniversary of "De Magnete" by William Gilbert of Colchester
- Hidden Portals in Earth's Magnetic FieldNASA, July 2, 2012
- Magnetic Storm (NOVA)Link to library catalog information for a DVD.
- Magnetic Storm (NOVA)Companion website for the NOVA DVD entitled, Magnetic Storm. Includes teacher's guide.
- Secrets in Stone: the Role of Paleomagnetism in the Evolution of Plate Tectonic Theory Video Presentation
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- USGS Geomagnetism ProgramAn U.S. Geological Survey resource
- Geochemistry, Comparative Analysis, and Physical and Chemical Characteristics of the Thermal Waters East of Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, 2006–09An USGS publication by Timothy M. Kresse and Phillip D. Hays
- Geothermal Investigations in MissouriA Mo. Dept. of Natural Resources resource
- History of the Bering Land Bridge TheoryNational Park Service
- Yukon Beringia Interpretive CentreYukon Beringia Interpretive Centre
- General Geology of the Mississippi embaymentBy E. M. Cushing, E. H. Boswell, and R. L. Hosman. USGS 1964 Geological Survey professional paper ; 448-B
- Hot, Wet Mantle Below the New Madrid Seismic ZoneScience Nugget - By Charles Langston (University of Memphis), Christine Powell (University of Memphis), Steve Horton (University of Memphis), Heather Deshon (Southern Methodist University), Charles Ammon (Pennsylvania State University), and Robert Herrman (Saint Louis University) - NSF # EAR 1053530 | 2011-2016
- Mississippi embaymentWikipedia entry (viewed 5/8/2017)
- Mississippi embayment syncline: A reactivation of the Reelfoot rift zoneArticle abstract. Li, Y., and Dart, R.L. Mississippi embayment syncline: A reactivation of the Reelfoot rift zone. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
- Northern Embayment Lithospere Experiment (NELE)University of Memphis Center for Earthquake Research and Information
- Seismic Hazards of the Upper Mississippi EmbaymentBy Roy Van Arsdale, Memphis University, final report, 1998. US Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station Contract report GL-98-1
- Stratigraphic Summary of the Mississippi Embayment and Gulf Coastal PlainArkansas Geological Survey resource, viewed 5/9/2017
- The Cretaceous-Paleogene transition in the northern Mississippi Embayment, S.E. Missouri: palynology, micropaleontology, and evidence of a mega-tsunami depositEifert, Tambra L., "The Cretaceous-Paleogene transition in the northern Mississippi Embayment, S.E. Missouri: palynology, micropaleontology, and evidence of a mega-tsunami deposit" (2009). Doctoral Dissertations. 2291.