Earth and Environmental Sciences: Websites

This site is an interface to a crystal structure database that includes every structure published in the American Mineralogist, The Canadian Mineralogist, European Journal of Mineralogy and Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, as well as selected datasets from other journals. The database is maintained under the care of the Mineralogical Society of America and the Mineralogical Association of Canada, and financed by the National Science Foundation.

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) for biogeochemcial Dynamics is one of the NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) data centers managed by the Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project, which is responsible for providing scientific and other users access to data from NASA's Earth Science Missions.

Search for publications in the EarthRef.org Reference Database and find your way into all searchable EarthRef.org databases. From this database you can also download digitized data files for their abstracts, data tables, appendices and technical notes. Registered users may also add references to the database.

The EarthRef Digital Archive (ERDA) contains any type of digital data object associated with the Earth Sciences. Data objects may be part of non-published Earth Sciences projects ranging from data tables to diagrams to reports to geological maps to videos. Users may make contributions to the database, which may then be viewed and downloaded by using any of the search options listed below.

EPA's official open data catalog

Includes data on forests, biodiversity, emissions, and pollution.

he database GEOROC (Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans and Continents) is maintained by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz and partly funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG. The database is a comprehensive collection of published analyses of volcanic rocks and mantle xenoliths. It contains major and trace element concentrations, radiogenic and nonradiogenic isotope ratios as well as analytical ages for whole rocks, glasses, minerals and inclusions.

The GERM Reservoir Database contains summary data on the geochemistry of all reservoirs in the Earth. All GERM search results are customizable, allowing the user to sort and convert units. All GERM search results are also available to download in the format of your choice with one click. This relational database only includes peer-reviewed data. For non-reviewed data, please visit the EarthRef Digital Archive .

The GCMD holds more than 29,000 Earth science data set and service descriptions, which cover subject areas within the Earth and environmental sciences. The project mission is to assist researchers, policy makers, and the public in the discovery of and access to data, related services, and ancillary information (which includes descriptions of instruments and platforms) relevant to global change and Earth science research.

Find maps from the USGS, state geological surveys, societies, universities, and other sources. Search by name or from a map view. Find stratigraphic information and historical topographic maps.

NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) provides scientific stewardship, products, and services for geophysical data from the Sun to the Earth and Earth's sea floor and solid earth environment, including Earth observations from space.

The Paleomagnetic Database is an online portal into the archives of the Magnetics Information Consortium that contains both paleomagnetic and rock magnetic data. Through this portal you can find magnetic data ranging from classical paleomagnetic directional studies to highly detailed intensity studies, archeomagnetic projects, magneto-stratigraphy, and much more.

Kd's Database contains partition coefficient data for all types of rocks and minerals and for every element. All search results are sortable and may be downloaded in the format of your choice. Both experimental and empirical data are included in this extensive compilation.

The Seamount Catalog is a digital archive that is part of the Seamount Biogeosciences Network (SBN) and is for bathymetric seamount maps that can be viewed and downloaded in various formats. This catalog also contains morphological data and sample information. Related grid and multibeam data files, as well as user-contributed files, can be downloaded as well.

Interactive maps and downloadable data for regional and global Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Mineral Resources