How carbonate slopes deposits can be used in oil exploration: http://aapg.confex.com/aapg/no2000/techprogram/paper_1807.htm

How would an area get from mudstone to limestone to shale since the depositional environment of all those rocks is deep ocean? (ask-an-earth-scientist):

http://imina.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/sediments.html
 

An atlas of the distribution of calcium carbonate in sediments of the deep sea:

http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~archer/reprints/gbc96/coretop_mudmap3-.html

A lecture about Carbonates, from a petrologist:

http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol212/carbonates.htm

A general overview of carbonates, including fun facts:

http://www.science.ubc.ca/~geol202/sed/carb/carbintr.html

The Influence of Carbonate Ramp Relief on Red Algal Facies Distribution (Late Eocene, Upper Austrian Molasse Zone)

http://www.univie.ac.at/palaeontologie/rasser/molasse_english.htm

Carbonate Gravity-flow Processes and Resultant Depositional Features in Outer-Ramp Facies:
Mississippian Lake Valley Formation, South-central New Mexico

http://aapg.confex.com/aapg/no2000/techprogram/paper_2645.htm
 

High-frequency sequence stratigraphy of the Lower Oligocene La Pascua Formation: Effect of
relative sea level on the size, geometry and spacing of depositional systems

http://aapg.confex.com/aapg/no2000/techprogram/paper_3548.htm
 

Summery of ancient carbonate slope outcrops - comparison to modern slope deposits and
potential as hydrocarbon reservoirs

http://aapg.confex.com/aapg/no2000/techprogram/paper_2002.htm
 

USC Professor Dr. Kendall's personal home page index

http://www.geol.sc.edu/kendall/index.htm
 

The Permian Reef Complex (Delaware Basin) of WestTexas

http://www.science.ubc.ca/~eoswr/slidesets/guad/slidefiles/guadc0.html
 

Carbonate Introduction

http://www.science.ubc.ca/~geol202/sed/carb/carbintr.html
 

Great Bahama Bank

http://mgg.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/csl/trips/bahamas.htm
 

Tectonic Setting

http://vishnu.glg.nau.edu/people/jhw/GLG101/Oceans.html
 

Diagenesis of Limestones: Lecture

http://www.geo.wvu.edu/~lang/Geol185/PPToutlines/Pet18LsDiagen.htm
 

Calcareous Oozes: Lecture

http://www.uh.edu/~rmaddock/3377/3377lecture5b.html
 

General Geology Links:

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Association of American State Geologists - list of state Surveys
 

Geological Society of America (national)
Geological Society of America (SE section)

Grand Canyon Explorer- a tour of the Grand Canyon
 

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) "Volcano Watch"
 

Illustrated Glossary of Geological Terms
 

Mineral Collectors Page

Mount St. Helen's Slide Set USGS
 

National Academy of Sciences, Earth Science
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

National Earthquake Information Center

National Geophysical Data Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Park Service
National Science Foundation (NSF)
 

Ocean Drilling Program (ODP)
 

Paleogeographic Atlas Project (U.Chicago)-animations

Periodic Table
 

Science Magazine

Smithsonian, Natural History
 

Topozone (topographic maps of US)
 

Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
 

U.S.Geological Survey (USGS)