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EARTHQUAKES AND EARTH STRUCTURE: Geology 100, U of Nevada at Reno

Table of Contents
Plate Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes
Seismic Waves
Richter Magnitude
Earthquake Effects in Kobe, Japan
Modified Mercalli Scale - Earthquake Intensity
Earth's Interior

Earth's interior structure

The inner workings of the earth (article from American Scientist)
Core-mantle boundary
The Geodynamo (rotation of the core and modeling of the earth's magnetic field)
The Earth's Real Inside Story: Modulating the Geodynamo
Drilling through the Earth
The Past and Future of Planet Earth
Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics

Journey to the mantle

How do scientists know what is in the earth's core?

Basic facts about the earth's core
Harvard Seismology: 3-D Earth Structure
Modeling studies of earth's interior by Ulrich Christensen
American Geophysical Union - articles on properties and dynamics of the solid earth

Earth's core spins independently of the rest of the planet

Mantle plumes and mountain building

Earth's inner core has distinct layers

Simulations of earth's core and mantle

Unique U.S. Seisometer Array Shows Core-Mantle Boundary

Global seismic tomography - a snapshot of convection in the earth
Large-scale structure at the core-mantle boundary

U.S. Geological Survey - Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

Earthquakes - General Interest Publication
NEIC Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
This Dynamic Earth--Contents [USGS]
USGS Taking the Earth's Pulse - Understanding Earthquake Hazards Around the World (Fact Sheet 103-97)
GEOLOGIC HAZARDS TEAM (Earthquake Hazards)
USGS Response to an Urban Earthquake- the Northridge, California earthquake
USGS National Earthquake Information Center: Earthquake Information for the World
NEIC: GENERAL SEISMICITY INFORMATION
NEIC: OTHER EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION SOURCES

Other sources on earthquakes and seismology

Reviewing the basics
Measuring the earthquake
Measuring the shaking
Current earthquake information
IRIS Seismic Monitor - Realtime monitoring of global earthquakes
World-Wide Earthquake Locator
Why are there so many earthquake magnitude scales?
Earthquakes and earth's interior - from University of Missouri
The University of Nevada Reno, Seismological Laboratory
U. of Nevada at Reno - Earthquake Information
Seismo-surfing the Internet
Caltech Seismo Lab Home Page
Animations of seismic wave propagation - Washington University at St. Louis
Virtual earthquake - exercise on finding locations and magnitudes
Map of earthquakes between 1990-1996
IMSA Geophysics Home Page
On Shaky Ground - Table of Contents
On Shaky Ground - Distance
ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Averting Surprises in the Pacific Northwest
When Will the Next Great Quake Strike Northern California?
San Andreas Fault and San Francisco Bay area

The U.S.Geological Survey expedition to Turkey following the August 1999 earthquake
Maps comparing the North Anatolian fault with the San Andreas fault
Another web page on the August 1999 earthquake (very detailed!)
Progressive failure on the North Anatolian fault
Animations of changes in stress with earthquakes in the Anatolian fault zone

Other sources on plate tectonics

Lecture notes on plate tectonics (Pamela Gore, DeKalb College)
Lecture notes on the ocean floor (Pamela Gore, DeKalb College)
Lecture notes on mountain building (Pamela Gore, DeKalb College)
Introduction to plate tectonics (illustrated notes from Volcano World)
Global earth history and reconstruction of plate motions