1)USGS: This is a great starting point for Geological based information on the WEB.
2)Geological Society America: The Home page for the GSA, includes conference information and products.
3)Color Landform Atlas: This site is an index of local maps and information for each state in the USA.
4)Online Earth Science Resources: This site is a very comprehensive link site to many geology based info servers.
5)Volcano World!: This is a fantastic starting point for volcanology and volcanic information!
6)Geographic Infoserver: This site is an excellent mapping and geographic information page.


Quick Link Earth Volcanic Images & Information
Africa Antartica Australia Europe & W. Asia
North America North Asia Central & South America Southeast Asia
Volcanoes Currently Erupting! News!

Welcome to the K-12 Software Archive!

We have attempted to find software relating to the earth sciences which may be downloaded by clicking on the buttons or text below.

Questions should go to the authors of the software packages. Enjoy!

Mac-only
  • Drifting Continents Hypercard stack (Mac only)
  • Earthquake Epicenters (Mac only)
  • Geostructures (Mac only)
  • Numerical models and heat flow (Mac only)
  • Paleomagnetism (Mac only)
  • Radioisotope Decay (Mac only)
  • Seafloor Spreading (Mac only)
  • Beautiful United States Geological Survey Hypercard stack all about Maps! (Mac only)
  • Hypercard Books relating to Earth and Planetary Sciences (Mac only)
    Windows-MSDOS only
  • The beautiful Seismic III program, part 1 (Windows-MSDOS only)
  • The beautiful Seismic III program, part 2 (Windows-MSDOS only)
    Animations (MPEG--should work on either Mac or Windows-MSDOS)
  • Global atmospheric Carbon Dioxide flux (whole-earth view)
    Pittsburgh Regional Images

    Download pseudo-true color image.

    Download false-true color image.

    Download false color image.

    Download regional false color image.

    Download yet another false color image.

    These images of the Pittsburgh region were made by Kathi Beratan using the IDL-ENVI package on an SGI workstation and William Harbert using the Earth Resource Mapping on a SUN SPARC workstation. If your K-12 school would like a complementary poster-size version of one of these images please contact the Department of Geology and Planetary Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh.

    Recent images from the GIS and Remote Sensing Laboratory

    This page by Keith Stewart and William Harbert