Other Resources and Links
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04fire/
background/marianaarc/marianaarc.html – Virtual fly-throughs and panoramas of eight sites in the Mariana Arc
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02fire/
logs/magicmountain/welcome.html – Magic Mountain Virtual Web site, featuring animations and videos of the Magic Mountain hydrothermal field
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03fire/logs/subduction.html and http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03fire/logs/ridge.html – Animations of the 3-dimensional structure of a mid-ocean ridge and subduction zone
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html#anchor19309449 – On-line version of “This Dynamic Earth,” a thorough publication of the U.S. Geological Survey on plate tectonics written for a non-technical audience
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pdf/planet.html – “This Dynamic Planet,” map and explanatory text showing Earth’s physiographic features, plate movements, and locations of volcanoes, earthquakes, and impact craters
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/education.html – Web site for the New Millennium Observatory Project, a long-term study of the interactions between geology, chemistry, and biology on Axial Seamount, an active volcano on the Juan de Fuca Ridge that is part of the mid-ocean ridge system
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/ – USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, with extensive educational and technical resources
http://volcano.und.edu/ – Volcano World Web site at the University of North Dakota
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/publications/zoogoer/1996/3/lifewithoutlight.cfm – “Life without Light: Discoveries from the Abyss,” by Robin Meadows; Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Zoogoer Magazine, May/June 1996
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/2minrelief.html – Index page for NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center combined global elevation and bathymetry images (http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/2minsurface/45N135E.htm l includes the Mariana Arc)
http://www.guam.net/pub/sshs/depart/science/mancuso/
marianas/intromar.htm – Web site with background information on 15 of the Mariana Islands.
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_models/models.html – U of N. Dakota volcano Web site, directions for making various volcano models
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html – Volcano World Web site
http://www.extremescience.com/DeepestOcean.htm – Extreme Science Web page on the Challenger Deep
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05galapagos/welcome.html – Webpage for the 2005 Galapagos Spreading Center Expedition
http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/ventcd/vent_discovery – Dive and Discover presentation on the 25th anniversary of the discovery of hydrothermal vents
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ps_vents.html – Article, “Creatures of the Thermal Vents” by Dawn Stover
http://www.oceansonline.com/hydrothe.htm – “Black Smokers and Giant Worms,” article on hydrothermal vent organisms
Corliss, J. B., J. Dymond, L. I. Gordon, J. M. Edmond, R. P. von Herzen, R. D. Ballard, K. Green, D. Williams, A. Bainbridge, K. Crane, and T. H. Andel, 1979. Submarine thermal springs on the Galapagos Rift. Science 203:1073-1083. – Scientific journal article describing the first submersible visit to a hydrothermal vent community
Shank, T. M. 2004. The evolutionary puzzle of seafloor life. Oceanus 42(2):1-8; available online at http://www.whoi.edu/cms/files/dfino/2005/4/v42n2-shank_2276.pdf .
Tunnicliffe, V., 1992. Hydrothermal vent communities of the deep sea. American Scientist 80:336-349.
Van Dover, C. L. Hot Topics: Biogeography of deep-sea hydrothermal vent faunas; available online at http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/hottopics/biogeo.html
For More Information
Contact Paula Keener-Chavis, national education coordinator for the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, for more information.
Other lesson plans developed for this Web site are available in the Education Section.