Alessandro Grippo, Ph.D. Images, notes and labs Images Notes Labs   images Last Updated  •  January 27, 2015     These texts and images, far from being a complete analysis of the subject, are meant to integrate the lectures, the labs and any other kind of information pertinent to our Geology classes. Minerals and Rocks The digital archives of the Perkins Geology Museum at the University of Vermont: a wide variety of Rocks, Minerals, Fossils and Thin Sections, illustrated Biology and Paleontology Protists: a gallery of phytoplanktonic and zooplanktonic organisms (University of California, Berkeley) Protists: an even more complete gallery of phytoplanktonic and zooplanktonic organisms (University College London) Phyla: a general overview of all Living Organisms from the Tree of Life web project A description and a few illustrations of Lower Plants Phyla: the different forms of life in Animals , illustrated (PBS) Fossilization: examples from Humans Digital Paleobiology uses advanced techniques to reveal fossils details that would otherwise go unnoticed: X-ray Tomography is used to look at soft-bodied fossils details hidden within rocks (Dr. Whitey Hagadorn, Amherst College) Synchrotron Light is used to "see" through opaque materials, such as amber, without having to destroy to them. (BBC) David Attenborough's First Life BBC tv series. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Oceanography Perpetual Ocean: a NASA video about Ocean Currents in motion over a 2-years period Draining the Ocean Basin, a video from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (UC San Diego) Structural Geology, Plate Tectonics and Paleogeography The Paleomap Project of Christopher R. Scotese. This projects illustrates the plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea during the past 1100 million years The following three links will take you to the web page of Dr. Ron Blakey, Professor of Geology at Northern Arizona University. Dr. Blakey set up a series of fascinating illustrations about plate tectonics that he called "Views of the ancient Earth". These illustrations can be of enormous help in understanding the ancient geography and tectonics of our planet. Please keep in mind that this is an external link and I am not responsible for its contents. I will not ask any question in my exams or quizzes out of these pages, but I strongly encourage you all to browse and peruse them: the Paleogeography and the Geologic History of North America a series of maps detailing the Global Paleogeography of our planet Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift: Regional Paleogeographic Views of Earth History Scales in Space and Time A NASA interactive image about The Scale of the Universe, from a Planck Length (10-35 m) to the size of the Universe (1027 m) An old (1977), classic video about scale: Powers of Ten UC Berkeley's Walter Alvarez project: ChronoZoom, the Universe as a Timeline, or a visualization of Big History.   notes Last Updated  •  January 27, 2015       These notes are meant to integrate the lectures, the labs and any other kind of information pertinent to our Geology classes.   Labs and assignments Last Updated  •  January 27, 2015     These materials are intended uniquely for Cal State LA students. While the general public is more than welcome to browse these pages, ANY non-authorized use of their content is illegal and prohibited. Only those Cal State LA students who are enrolled in the class for which these links are provided, at the moment in which they are provided, are authorized to use these materials. Any other use is, again, illegal. These materials are copyrighted. Please check again what it says on this page for further information. You are responsible for your actions! If you are not one of my students at Cal State LA and you click on the following links, or you access the relative pages in ANY other way, you are breaking the law and you accept full legal responsibility for your actions. Geology 252: Historical Geology (with Lab) I am teaching this class during Winter 2015 Geology 430: Stratigraphy (with Lab) I am teaching this class during Spring 2015 Back to Top | Back to Home Page © Alessandro Grippo, 1994-2015 Los Angeles, California