Phone: (229) 931-2330
E-mail: speavy@canes.gsw.edu
This web page contains information on Dr. Peavy's Introductory Geology lecture. Use the following links to explore your planet!
Course related links:
For Class:
Course Syllabus -- Section 2368 (Monday Lab)
Course Syllabus -- Section 2371 (Wednesday Lab)
Note: You must enable Java script for quizzes to work properly!
Chapter 1 Quiz
Basic Chemistry
Minerals --
Non-silicates [Use back button to return]
Minerals -- Silicates
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Minerals Quiz 1
Identify the Minerals!
Igneous Rocks -- Extrusive [Use back button to return]
Igneous Rocks -- Intrusive
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Igneous Rocks Quiz
Volcano Quiz
Identify the Igneous Rocks!
UNC Atlas of Rocks and Minerals under the Microscope
Visit Volcano World!
Visit the Cascades Volcanoes Observatory
Visit the Hawaii Volcanoes Observatory
Visit the Alaska Volcano Observatory
Live Cams of Sicilian Volcanoes
Sedimentary Rocks -- Clastic [Use back button to return]
Sedimentary Rocks -- Chemical/Biochemical [Use back button to return]
Quiz on Weathering and Soils
Quiz on Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks -- Foliated [Use back button to return]
Metamorphic Rocks -- Non-foliated, Metamorphic minerals [Use back button to return]
UBC website on Metamorphic Rocks (as seen in class!)
Quiz on Metamorphism
GSW Seismic Station
Seismic Data from other Stations in the U.S.
National Earthquake Information Center, Golden, Colo.
USGS Earthquake Center
Read about the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Read about the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake
Earthquake Damage Slide Shows
A tutorial on earthquakes by the S. California Earthquake Center
A tutorial on earthquake location
Become a virtual seismologist!!
Take a quiz on earthquakes
USGS landslides page
Quiz on mass movements
Hazard maps for the USA
Download USGS Water Use information
Real-time stream data for the USA
National water conditions
Quiz on Surface Water
The Hydrogeologist Homepage
The Karst Waters Institute
The EPA Reach It site -- groundwater pollution
The EPA Groundwater homepage
Quiz on Groundwater
Slide show on Oceans and Shoreline Processes
Shockwave animations on Coastal Processes
USGS Center for Coastal Geology
USGS Coastal Erosion Page
Quiz on Coastal Processes