EASC 104-3: Disaster Links on the Web

Plate Tectonics

• This Dynamic Earth, US Geological Survey

Natural Disasters in General

• Natural Hazards of Canada, Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness Canada
• Provincial Emergency Program, Government of British Columbia
• Emergency Preparedness Information eXchange (EPIX), SFU
• CBS News Disaster Links
• Yahoo Disasters Page
• US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• US Geological Survey Hazards Page
• Candian Red Cross Disaster Relief
• Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado

Earthquakes

• Focus/epicenter animation
• Elastic rebound animation
• Horizontal seismograph animation
• Locating an Earthquake animation
• P_S wave velocity animation
• P wave animation
• S wave animation
• The Peak - article on Vancouver area earthquake hazard and information
• National Earthquakes Hazards Program , Geological Survey of Canada
• Earthquake Hazards Program, US Geological Survey
• About Earthquakes, University of Nevada Reno

Volcanoes

• Edifice collapse animation
• Caldera formation animation
• Magma rise animation
• Mt. St. Helens crater formation animation
• Tectonic setting of volcanoes animation
• Volcano types animation
• Canadian Volcanoes
• Volcano World
• Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institute
• Volcano Hazards Program, US Geological Survey
• Cascades Volcano Observatory, US Geological Survey
• MTU Volcanoes Page, Michigan Technological University

Tsunamis

• International Tsunami Information Centre
• Tsunami Research Program, US NOAA
• Tsunamis, EPIX-SFU
• Tsunami!, University of Washington

Mass Wasting

• Type of mas movments animation
• Mass movements through time animation
• Canada Landslide Project, Natural Resources Canada
• National Landslide Information Center, US Geological Survey

Floods

• Natural levee animation
• Oxbow lake animation
• Stream processes animation
• Stream sediments animation
• Floods, EPIX-SFU
• Floods, US NOAA
• Flood!, NOVA Online - PBS
• Dartmouth Flood Observatory, Dartmouth College
• Floodwatch, EarthSat
• Floodplain Management Association

Weather Related

• Tornado formation animation
• Canadian Hurricane Centre, Environment Canada
• National Hurricane Center, US NOAA
• Tornadoes, US NOAA
• Tornadoes, USA Today

Coastal Hazards

• Longshore drift animation
• Tsunami animation
• Wave motion animation
• Groins/Jetties/Breakwaters

Space Weather & Meteorite Impacts

• Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards, NASA
• The Chesapeake Bay Bolide, US Geological Survey
• Earth Impact Database, University of New Brunswick
• Space Weather Center, US Space Science Institute
• SpaceWeather.com