Sequence Stratigraphy
- International Commission on Stratigraphy
- SEPM Sequence Stratigraphy Web
- Sedimentary Structures (about.com) with photos
- Stratigraphy: a new journal for Earth Science
- An Online Guide to Sequence Stratigraphy
- Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy
- Geological TimeScale for Download
Images and diagrams of use:
- Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Gary Nichols
- The Dynamic Earth: An introduction to Physical Geology, Skinner, Porter, Park
- Companion Website for Earth Science 11th Edition (also includes virtual field trips)
- The Eocene/Palaeocene boundary, the carbon isotope anomaly
Palaeontology and life
- List of recent developments in palaeontology/ history of life
- The Red List of threatened species
Useful information on microfossils
- Dinoflagellates
- Foramintro
- Dinoflagfr
- Diatom
- Acritarch
- Archival Field Notebooks of Paleontological Expeditions
- International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
- International Association for Plant Taxonomy
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Minerals
- A database of minerals, including photographs and analyses
- The website of the Mineralogical Society (UK). Includes a picture gallery of spectacular mineral specimens, and links to other useful sites.
- The ‘collector’s corner’ at the website of the Mineralogical Society of America. Contains pictures of minerals and guidance on rock and mineral collecting.