Geomorphology from Space is an out-of-print 1986 NASA publication designed for use by the remote sensing, science, and educational communities to study landforms and landscapes. Users can access a gallery of images consisting of 237 plates arranged by particular types of landforms such as tectonic, volcanic, planetary, and others. Photographs, locator maps, and sometimes a geologic map accompany the ... Full description.

Users can choose from a large variety of maps for viewing, downloading, and/or printing. A set of quick links is provided to maps of current or general interest, and the remaining collection can be searched by country, continent, region, or theme. Links to other map sites are provided. Full description.

This classroom activity gives students an introduction to depth sounding and mapping ocean topography. The materials include an overview, concepts, a materials list, and instructions. Terms are linked to a glossary and a list of related sites is included. Full description.

This educational brief discusses the advances in our knowledge of Mars topography brought about by the high-resolution map produced from Mars Laser Orbiter Altimeter (MOLA) data. Individual features and regions are described along with any new insights provided by MOLA into their origins. Full description.

This site offers links to maps, posters, globes, and CD-ROMS showing seafloor topography, gravity anomalies, and bathymetry. The images were derived from GEOSAT and ERS satellite data and bathymetric surveys performed by the U.S. Navy. Full description.

Visitors can access information about geological research and exploration in North Africa. This information can be found by clicking on an interactive map of North Africa (Morrocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt). Materials presented here consist of a message board, news articles, current and planned geological studies, an address database, a literature database, a picture database, and a collection ... Full description.

This account of the history and evolution of the Mississippi River Delta makes use of text, photographs, and satellite imagery to describe how the delta has formed and migrated throughout recent geologic history. Users can read about the formation and subsequent abandonment of various delta lobes and how deltaic landforms (back bays, levees, barrier islands) are formed and destroyed as a result of ... Full description.

Users of this interactive world atlas can navigate to the desired continent or country and produce maps in either GIF or PDF formats, which are suitable for printing or copying. The atlas is produced by National Geographic Magazine's "Xpeditions" program, an endeavor to introduce geography into the classroom. Full description.

This lesson focuses on the effects of volcanic eruptions on atmospheric chemistry. Students will use the internet to acquire data, analyze it graphically, and perform further analyses on recent eruptions and on hypothetical eruptions of their own. Procedures, standards, and links to the necessary materials are provided. Full description.

This document discusses the mission of ICESat, the benchmark Earth Observing System satellite intended to measure ice sheet mass balance, cloud and aerosol heights, topography, and vegetative cover. Questions of particular interest to the mission include: is sea level is rising?; are the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets growing or shrinking?; are ice sheets are capable of causing large, rapid changes ... Full description.