Links to Partners & Activities
Selected websites:
OPLI recommends the following websites as providing accurate and easy to understand information about the geology and geologic heritage of the Pacific Northwest. If you have questions about Oregon’s geology, you can also contact us via our site.
OPLI’s three most highly recommended Geologic Web Sites:
Check on Oregon’s earthquakes the instant they happen, or on events globally or across the northwest: http://www.geophys.washington.edu/recenteqs/latest.htm
Learn about the major mass extinctions that re-set global ecosystems at this BBC site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/darwin/exfiles/massintro.htm
Track the changes in locations of continents through time: http://www.scotese.com
More geologic information on-line:
John Day Basin and Fossil-area geology:
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument: http://www.nps.gov/joda
Clarno area geology: http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/paleontology/pub/grd2/gsa14.htm
Oregon and PNW Geology:
Earthscope: http://www.earthscope.org
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries: http://www.oregongeology.com/sub/default.htm
Washington Division of Natural Resources: geology: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/geology
Recent PNW Earthquakes , Faults, and Seismicity:
PNW Quakes, near real-time: http://www.geophys.washington.edu/recenteqs/latest.htm
Portland Fault: http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/Portland
Seattle Fault Zone: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/pacnw/actflts/sfz/index.html
Seattle Basin: http://geology.wr.usgs.gov/wgmt/pacnw/jello/jello1.html