Links and Reference Documents

Scientific Organizations

• National Science Foundation (NSF)
  
• MARGINS
  
• NOAA
  
• National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
  
• AGU
  

Scientific Journals

• Nature
  

Physics Sites

• Electronics Lecture Notes: D.M. Gingrich University of Alberta
• Scott J. Hollister, UofM Biosolid Mechanics: Modeling and Applications

Computing/Programming

• General Tutorials
  • Howstuffworks
  • Intro Computing Seminar 535 (van Keken, UM)
  • Parallel Computing Seminar 534 (van Keken, UM)
  • Computational methods in the geological sciences (van Keken, UM)
  • Computer Technical Tutorials & More
• FORTRAN
  • The Fortran Company
  • Interactive Fortran (.PDF)
  • F77 Tutorial (Stanford)
  • F77 Reference
  • Clive Page's list of Fortran Resources (helpful links!)
  • A Fortran Intro Course with Lots of Stuff
• C++
  • C++ Tutorial
• UNIX/LINUX
  • The Linux Tutorial
  • Unix Commands Reference Card (Indiana)
  • Overview of Unix Commands
  • UNIX Command Summary (U. of Utah)
  • Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial by Vivek G. Gite
  • Unix Command Language-bash from Monash
  • An Introduction to the UNIX Make Utility Middle Tennessee State University
  • The Grymoire - home for UNIX wizards
  • Category:Unix software From Wikipedia
• GNU Info Tree
• General Computer Stuff
• Secure Shell
• Ghost View

History of Computing

• Michelle A. Hoyle's Lecture

Latex

• LATEX Homepage
• LATEX tutorial by David R. Wilkins
• (La)Tex Navigator
• The (Not so) Short Introduction to Latex (.PDF)
• Getting to Grips with Latex by Andrew Roberts
• Bibtex Manual by Markey (.PDF)
• Latex Manual by Olsen (.PDF)
• JGSSE (Thailand)
• Latex word counter

Numerical Analysis

• Numerical Recipes Books
  

Mathematical Sites

• Math World
  

Geophysics

• The NGS GEOID Page
  

Heat Flow

• Global Heat Flow Database
  
• ftp site for Global Heat Flow
  

Plate Tectonics

• UNAVCO Plate Motion Calculator
  
• Plate Motion Parameters
  

Geodesy

• Definitions
  
• Coordinates and Transformations
  
• Geodetic and Cartesian Coordinates
  
• Spheroidal Geometry
  
• Coordinate Systems with Geodetic, Geocentric, and Cartesian Coordinates
  

Computational Fluid Dynamics

• Guus Segal's Homepage
  
• Sepran Homepage
  
• Astronomy 202: Astrophysical Gas Dynamics James R. Graham UC, Berkeley
  

Seismology

• F-net Homepage
  
• Bob Engdahl's global catalog of earthquakes and explosions (1964-2004) (EHB catalog)
  
• Gudmundsson and Sambridge's RUM Seismic Model
  

Visualization

• GMT Homepage
  
• Kitware Homepage
  
• Paraview Homepage
  
• VTK File Format (.PDF)
  
• Paraview: Command Line
  
• Stereo Visualization with Paraview
  

Petrology

• Ultramafic Rocks Classification (LSU)
  
• Thin Section Links