Useful Websites

The British Geological Survey: www.bgs.ac.uk/

Hosts a range of excellent learning and educational resources about the geology of the UK and geology in general. The site also has a link to the digital geological map of the UK

The Geological Society: www.geolsoc.org.uk/

This is a great collection of geology resources for students, teachers and anyone interested in the Earth.

United States Geological Survey: www.usgs.gov/

A very online resource to explore more global geological topics, such as volcanoes, earthquakes and plate tectonics. For instance the site hosts a live map with information on all the worlds latest earthquakes.

Geology.com www.geology.com/

This is one of the world's leading portals to geology and earth science news and information for rocks, minerals, fossils, geothermal energy, volcanoes, earthquakes, plate tectonics, mountains and astrogeology.