CVEN 3698
Engineering Geology - Fall 2009
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE WEB

Professional Societies

ISRM - International Society for Rock Mechanics  
IAEG - International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment
ARMA - American Rock Mechanics Association
ICOLD – International Commission on Large Dams
IGS - International Geosynthetics Society
ISSMGE – International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

ITA – International Tunnelling Association
IUGS – International Union of Geological Sciences
SPE – Society of Petroleum Engineers
ASCE-GI: ASCE GeoInstitute
AGU - American Geophysical Union
AEG - Association of Engineering Geologists
AAPG - American Association of Petroleum Geologists
AGI - American Geological Institute
SEG - Society of Economics Geologists
GSA - Geological Society of America

Databases

Earth Inquiry
Earth From Space
Geo-engineer Website
Geology and Engineering
USGS Topographic Maps
USGS National Geologic Map Database
USGS Aerial Photographs and Images

Organizations

US Geological Survey
Colorado Department of Natural Resources

Software, Tools, Equipment

Digital Globe

Geokon
Google Earth
RockScience
RockWare

Geology of Boulder and Colorado Related Web Sites

Geology of Boulder Area
Colorado Department of Natural Resources
Colorado Geological Survey
Boulder County Land Use Department
Boulder County Development

Others

GeoTimes Magazine
ASCE GeoInstitute News

YouTube Video Clips

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw
Minnesota Bridge Collapse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nerQhIyOwxM
Bay Bridge Collapse 1989: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q0_Z-9839c

Teton Dam Collapse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEdM6Ys6spA
Stava Dam Failure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV6wvFfv0Ho
Baldwin Hills Dam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIeNM8cm6J8
San Francis Dam 1928: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BilO_Bv7pW0

Earthquakes (SF 1989 and Taiwan): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-62Ti5_6s
SF 1906 Earthquake: http://www.1906eqconf.org/Video_Files/06Quake700.htm

Landslides: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mknStAMia0Q
Quick Clay Rissa Landslide in Norway (1978): http://mefeedia.com/entry/3158814/
Route 168 Landslide in Japan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJF-RhL4TvE

Vaoint Dam Landslide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqkFXm2HtMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxQ2SXqFb18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_HiPBdHSMA

Malpasset Dam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7_3ne2Wkb4

Storm Surges: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTvkrLESrwU

Tsunami: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxJcIlk7T0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF0dy5DjEmQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhuqKhXZkkY

Lake Peigneur Disappearing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHol4ICeDoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_feWtkSucvE

Volcanoes
Mount St. Helen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBJ9xZws7ro&feature=related