Some of the endless resources avaialble online. If there is a good one that should be here – please get in touch – the only criteria is that it has unrestricted access and use.
The objective is to highlight resources that allow mixed-experience and mixed-training geoscientist improve skills and understanding in key topic areas and provide access to high quality data and geoscience.
Courses || Data repositries || Deposit Models || Events Calendars || Exploration and Mining Cycle || Financial Models || Geochemical Methods || Geophysical Methods || Journals and Papers (Open) || Lecture Notes || Mapping || Mineralogy and Microscopy || Palaeontology || Professional Groups and Surveys || Regolith || Reporting Codes || Shares and Stocks || Social Licence to Operate (SLO) || Stratigraphy || Structure || Teaching
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Courses
- EdX – https://www.edx.org/
- Structured courses various topics from universities around the world.
- Self paced but generally with set start dates.
- Can be certified for a fee.
- Slideshare – http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=geology
- A picture tell a thousand words, right? Here are thousands of slideshows on the topic of geology.
- Upload and share publicly or privately PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and Adobe PDF Portfolios
- Geology MOOCs – free (usually) courses – https://www.coursetalk.com/subjects/geology/courses
- 55 free (mostly) courses
- Physical geology MOOC – https://www.class-central.com/mooc/1590/janux-physical-geology-for-science-and-engineering-majors
- Physical Geology for Science and Engineering majors
- Introduction to the basic principles of geology and is a general education course
- A comprehensive overview of geology for students in other fields
- Basic Geology MOOC – http://mooccloud.com/basic-geology/
- A basic understanding of the Earth and its very long geological history
- Health and safety – http://www.openstudycollege.com/health-safety_courses.html
- 3 Course from Open Study College.
- Corbett and Leach – http://www.corbettgeology.com/corbett_and_leach_1997.pdf
- Pacific rim copper gold systems.
- Structure, alteration and mineralisation.
- LearningPath.org – http://learningpath.org/articles/Free_Online_Geology_Courses_from_Top_Universities.html
- 15 courses from MIT – includes petrogenesis, geochem and structure.
- Geo for All – http://www.geoforall.org/
- GIS software, open data, open standards,
- access to research publications,
- education resources in Geospatial education and research
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Data repositries
- OSgeo – http://www.osgeo.org/
- Geospatial portal
- GeoNetwork – http://geonetwork-opensource.org/
- A catalogue application to manage spatially referenced resources.
- Powerful metadata editing and search functions as well
- Interactive web map viewer
- Open Access Directory – http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Data_repositories
- Geoscience, geology, marine science data.
- USGS Earth Explore – http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
- A fabulous resource of maps, satellite data
- Archived land remote sensing data for more than 35 years and is a leader in preserving land remote sensing imagery
- Free GIS data – http://freegisdata.rtwilson.com/
- Categorised list of links to over 300 sites providing freely available geographic datasets – all ready for loading into a Geographic Information System
- OneGeology – world geology map – http://portal.onegeology.org/
- Interactive world geology map with download
- Mining Atlas – https://mining-atlas.com/
- Web-served GIS of mining operations with metadata and downloads.
- GeoCommunity – http://data.geocomm.com/
- Data, metadata, news and updates.
- World Minerals Data System – http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/
- Reports describing metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world.
- Includes deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory – http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/
- Shuttle Radar DTMs – 90m global topos
- And 30m resolution SRTM data as of September 2014.
- Data Metallogenica – http://www.datametallogenica.com/index.htm
- Over 3,000 mineral deposits from more than 70 countries
- Photographs of 70,000 representative rock samples world-wide
- Descriptions, maps, cross-sections, field & mine photographs
- Spectral mineralogy of altered rocks
- Complete research theses on mineral deposits
- A database listing of 10,000 Australian geoscience theses
- Geoscience Australia -Australian Mines Atlas – http://www.australianminesatlas.gov.au/
- Maps and information on Australian resources and mines.
- USGS World Mineral Resources – http://mrdata.usgs.gov/index.html
- Interactive maps and downloadable data for regional and global Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Mineral Resources
- Open Spectral Libraries – https://hyspeedblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/open-access-spectral-libraries-online-resources-for-obtaining-in-situ-spectral-data/
- Online resources for obtaining in situ spectral data
- Natural Earth Data – http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/
- key cultural and physical vector GIS datasets are at a global scale
- OpenStreetMap – http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Downloading_data
- Download highly detailed free GIS data with different levels of accuracy and completeness (maily roads, etc)
- NSF Open Topography – http://www.opentopography.org/
- Publically available LIDAR data.
- DIVA GIS – http://www.diva-gis.org/Data
- administrative boundaries, roads, railroads, altitude, land cover, population density
- International Steering Committee for Global Mapping – http://www.iscgm.org/gm/index.html
- Fundamental geospatial information covering the whole land of the globe
- Remote Sensing Downloader – http://sourceforge.net/projects/remotesensingdownloader/?source=directory
- access to satellite image data pools. Via web interface the user is able to search and download specified satellite images.
- WDMAM – http://geomag.org/models/wdmam.html
- 3-arc-minute resolution grid global geophysics basemap (from 5km ASL)
- USGS – http://landsat.usgs.gov/Landsat_Search_and_Download.php
- Landsat data server.
- EOxServer – http://eoxserver.org/
- Big data server for geology
- software framework to ease the online provision of big Earth Observation data
- VGL – http://vgl.auscope.org/VGL-Portal/gmap.html
- A spatial web application serving geophysical imagery of Australia
- EM, magnetics, gravity.
- Natural Resources Canada – http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/resources/data/10788
- data downloads on Canands primary industries – includes geology and mining.
- GeoGratis – http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/earth-sciences/geography/topographic-information/free-data-geogratis/11042
- Free data from natural resources canada
- RSC resource intelligence – http://intel.rscmme.com/
- Interactive spatial presentation of resource and reserve reporting.(NI43-101 and JORC)
- ResMap – http://www.resmap.com/index.html
- Global GIS-ready satellite data from 1km to 1m resolution
- WebApp browser
- IKONOS, Landsat 5 and 7 ETM, MODIS, RADARSAT, SPOT-5.
- SEDAC – http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/
- Socioeconomic data and application centre.
- coarse global free GIS data – from fertilizer applications in agriculture to global infant mortality rate by state/province.
- Open Topgraphy – http://www.opentopography.org/
- Where can we find LiDAR data?
- United Nations Environmental program – http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/
- 500 geospatial themes
- Tip: Click advanced. Select “Geospatial Data Sets” so that only GIS data will be filtered.
- European Space Agency – https://scihub.copernicus.eu/dhus/#/home
- Sentinal Data Hub
- highest spatial resolution available to the public for free – 10-meter resolution satellite data
- Sentinel 2 data has 11 spectral bands including near-infrared
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Deposit Models
- Economic Geology 100th anniversary volume – http://ebooks.geoscienceworld.org/content/one-hundredth-anniversary-volume
- Absolute Gold (and copper, lead, zinc, silver, etc)!
- Ore system model reviews
- USGS – http://minerals.usgs.gov/products/depmod.html
- Delivers unbiased science and information to understand mineral resource potential, production, consumption, and how minerals interact with the environment.
- BC Mineral deposit models – http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/MINING/GEOSCIENCE/MINERALDEPOSITPROFILES/Pages/default.aspx
- Size, distribution, genetic models and exploration guidance for numerous deposit types.
- Corbett – http://www.corbettgeology.com/#recent_publicationsCorbett – http://www.corbettgeology.com/geological_models_in_epithermal_porphyry_exploration_terry_leach_legacy.pdf
- Geological models in epithermal-porphyry alteration.
- Porphyry-epithermal mineralisation and alteration systems.
- 12 papers
- AGSO Journal – http://www.ga.gov.au/metadata-gateway/metadata/record/gcat_36591
- NB. 638MB.
- Australian ore deposits by model-type.
- Sprott Global – http://sprottglobal.com/natural-resource-investing/investment-university/
- Investors University – introductory videos of mineral deposits, exploration and resource calculation.
Events calendars
- Events mine – http://www.infomine.com/events/mining-events-calendar/
- Queriable list of mining events by country, commodity, etc.
- Mining World – http://mqworld.com/events.php
- International mining events.
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Exploration and Mining Cycle
- Minerals Council of Australia – http://www.minerals.org.au/resources/gold/life_cycle_of_a_mine/
- Exploration cycle – an introduction
- Centre for the Development of Enterprise – https://www.cde.int/sites/default/files/documents/mineral_exploration_part_1.pdf
- Metallic Minerals Exploration A-Z (PDF)
- Rocky Mountain Research Station – http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_int/int_gtr035.html
- Mining from Prospect to production to Reclamation.
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Financial Models
- Economic Evaluations – http://economicevaluation.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/0-Start-Here-2014-03-05.pdf
- Financial modelling of mines
- Worked examples in Excel.
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Geochemical Methods
- Geochemical Methods – http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1000f/report.pdf
- Old but good.
- USGS data – http://mrdata.usgs.gov/index.html
- Data to play with in GIS
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Geophysical Methods
- USGS – http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/ofr-95-0831/CHAP3.pdf
- Geophysics technique overview.
- USGS data – http://mrdata.usgs.gov/index.html
- Data to play with in GIS
- Introduction to Geophysical Exploration – http://www.lnu.edu.ua/faculty/geology/phis_geo/fourman/library-Earth/AN%20INTRODUCTION%20TO%20GEOPHYSICAL%20EXPLORATION.pdf
- 281 pages. theory and exercises.
- Geophysical methods in geology – http://www.geophysik.uni-muenchen.de/~valerian/Oberwinkel_11/Anleitungen/Gravimetrie%20und%20Magnetik%20Grundlagen.pdf
- gravity
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Journals and Papers (Open)
- Directory of Open Access Journals – https://doaj.org/
- peer reviewed 28,000+ geology papers
- PLOS – https://www.plos.org/
- Wikimedia – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Earth_sciences
- Scirp – http://www.scirp.org/
- Academic publisher of open access journals, books and conference proceedings.
- 200 open access journals, including 25 in earth science.
- Australian theses – http://www.datametallogenica.com/dm_framestest.asp?framefile=../ThesisWebsite/AccessLevels/PublicAccess/Public_Adv.htm
- Google Scholar – https://scholar.google.com/
- Citations and some download capabilities.
- Open Science Repositry – http://www.open-science-repository.com/search-research-papers.html
- CiteSeer – http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/index
- Mining and Minerals Library – http://www.onemine.org/
- 100,000+ mining and minerals related documents collected by professional societies around the globe
- OpenGeoSci – http://www.opengeosci.org/#search=&zoom=2¢er=30,0&source=&category=&area=&type=undefined&areadata=points&dates=
- A spatial portal to search GeoscieneWorld research database – shows maps and abstracts – fee for text.
- Scientific World Journal – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/1623/
- search geology, gephysics, geoscience
- Taylor and Francis – http://www.tandfonline.com/
- 2700 geological journals, references and databases
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Lecture Notes
- University of Wisconsin – https://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/EarthSC-202VisualsIndex.HTM
- 2nd year physical geology notes, ppts and resources.
- University of Sydney – Introduction to Structural Geology http://www.geosci.usyd.edu.au/users/prey/Teaching/Patrice_Intro_to_SG.pdf
- A full, graphics intense introduction to.structural geology.
- Powershow – http://www.powershow.com/search/presentations/geology
- a quality repository of industry and academic powerpoint presentations – search by topic
- some with audio
- some are pay per view.
- Slideshare – http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=geology
- A picture tell a thousand words, right? Here are thousands of slideshows on the topic of geology.
- Upload and share publicly or privately PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and Adobe PDF Portfolios
- Stellenbosch University – http://academic.sun.ac.za/earthSci/undergraduate/modules/G314_course_notes_e.htm
- Igneous petrology course (3rd year) PPTs notes pracs.
- CET – http://www.cet.edu.au/news-and-media/events/cet-seminar-series
- Centre for Exploration Technologies presentation database
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Mapping
- Leaflet – http://leafletjs.com/
- Javascript libraries for interactive maps.
- web-servers, popups, vector layers, image overlays
- Compare map projections – http://map-projections.net/projection-groups.php
- Whole world projections
- Filter by projection type (in the selection by thumbnail)
- University of Texas at Dallas – https://www.utdallas.edu/geosciences/pdf/Geological%20Mapping%20Overview.pdf
- An introduction to Geological Mapping
- From their geoscience dept – http://www.utdallas.edu/geosciences/
- OneGeology – world geology map – http://portal.onegeology.org/
- Interactive world geology map with download
- National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program- http://ncgmp.usgs.gov/geomaps/introgeo_mapping.html
- Mapping in the age of GIS.
- Neotectonica – http://www.neotectonica.ufpr.br/geologia/1.pdf
- Geological structures and maps (115pp PDF)
- From this site (Portugese) – http://www.neotectonica.ufpr.br/2013/
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Mineralogy and Microscopy
- Petroglyph – http://ctl.byu.edu/project/petroglyph-microscope-simulation
- virtual microscope PPL and CPL
- Minerant – http://www.minerant.org/databases.html
- List of mieralogy and petrology resources.
- Introduction to mineralogy resources – http://www.luckysci.com/2014/01/11-great-intro-to-optical-mineralogy-resources/
- Introduction to mineralogy and petrography
- And mineral databases.
- UCLA database – http://www.nslc.ucla.edu/pet/browse.html
- Dry but with a lot of info.
- Online optical mineralogy and petrography courses – http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/mineralogy/optical_mineralogy_petrography.html
- Resources for optical mineralogy – and lots of them.
- Alteration Atlas – Slideshare – http://www.slideshare.net/laurarojasperea/atlas-alteration-thompson
- Petrogenesis, discussion, hand samples, thin sections.
- Atlas of Igneous Rocks – http://www.segemar.gov.ar/bibliotecaintemin/LIBROSDIGITALES/ISBN0582026415MackenzieDonaldsonGuilfordAtlasOfIgneousRock.pdf
- Petrographic description of igneous rocks
- University of Oxford – http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~oesis/index.html
- The Image Store is a collection of digitized photographs of rocks and geological features
- Note atlases of metamorphic rocks and minerals
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Palaeontology
- Palaeos – http://palaeos.com/index.html
- Time and Life and Fossils.
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Professional Groups and Surveys
- Geology.com lists – http://geology.com/societies.htm
- A comprehensive list of Geological Societies and Associations
- IUGS – http://iugs.org/
- International geology union
- Geological.com lists – http://geology.com/groups.htm
- Geological surveys of the world
- Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geoscience_organizations
- World geoscience societies
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Regolith
- CRC LEME* – http://crcleme.org.au/Pubs/Monographs/RegolithGlossary.pdf
- *CRC LEME – Cooperative Research Centre – Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploration
- Regolith Glossary
- CRC LEME Atlas of weathered rocks – http://www.crcleme.org.au/Pubs/OPEN%20FILE%20REPORTS/OFR%20001/CRC%20LEME%20Open%20File%20Report%201.pdf
- Introduction to regolith geology and exxamples of weathering products.
- CRC LEME Open File Reports – http://www.crcleme.org.au/Pubs/OFRSindex.html
- Over 100 reports on regolith geology (lots are australia mapsheet specific but there is some good theoretical
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Reporting Codes
- JORC – http://www.jorc.org/
- The JORC Code, 2012 Edition – a professional code of practice that sets minimum standards for Public Reporting of minerals Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.
- CIM – http://web.cim.org/standards/MenuPage.cfm?sections=177,181&menu=229
- NI43-101. Guide for Engineers, Geologists and Prospectors Submitting Reports on Mining Properties to Canadian Provincial Securities Admonistrators
- Valmin – http://www.valmin.org/
- Valmin – requirements for the technical assessment and valuation of mineral and petroleum assets and securities for independent expert reports.
- Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA) – http://www.samcode.co.za/samcode–ssc-mainmenu-66/samrec-mainmenu-67
- SAMREC – South African Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves
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Shares and Stocks
- Google – http://www.google.com/finance
- Customisable, global, portfolio management and market reporting
- Yahoo – http://finance.yahoo.com/
- Customisable, global, portfolio management and market reporting
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Social Licence to Operate (SLO)
- PDAC e3 Plus – http://www.pdac.ca/programs/e3-plus
- e3 Plus is an online information resource to help companies exploring for minerals improve their social, environmental and health and safety performance.
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Stratigraphy
- International Commission on Stratigraphy – http://stratigraphy.org/
- Defines global units (systems, series, and stages) of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart that, in turn, are the basis for the units (periods, epochs, and age) of the International Geologic Time Scale; thus setting global standards for the fundamental scale for expressing the history of the Earth.
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Structure
- “Structural Geology” book (Cambridge) support site – http://folk.uib.no/nglhe/StructuralGeoBook.html
- Learning modules, photos, PPTs and exercises.
- Structural geology techniques – https://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/structge/labman.htm
- Good notes on structures, stress and strain, stereonets and descriptive geometry
- University of Sydney – Introduction to Structural Geology http://www.geosci.usyd.edu.au/users/prey/Teaching/Patrice_Intro_to_SG.pdf
- A full, graphics intense introduction.
- Visible geology – http://www.structuralgeology.org/2011/10/visible-geology-visualisation-tool.html
- Block diagrams for illustrating bedding, faulting, folding and intrusions (dykes).You can keep this blocks as a simple cube, or what is really nice, is that you can modify the topography.
- Geological structures and maps – http://www.neotectonica.ufpr.br/geologia/1.pdf
- Geological structures and maps (115pp PDF)
- From this site (Portugese) – http://www.neotectonica.ufpr.br/2013/
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Teaching
There are thousands of corses and lecture notes online – but this one tries to map out the outcomes of geoscience courses, and is well supported.
- NAGT – http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/index.html
- Geological teaching approaches for multiple topics.
- Geology.com – http://geology.com/teacher/
- Various level teaching tools and sites.
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