© Fred Kramer 2004

Links

Earth science links  English links  French links  German links  Icelandic links  Irish links  Luxembourg links  Startpages and webguides

Do you want to know more about geology, physical geography or environmental sciences? Are you interested in geologic research? Visit the homepage of the Institute of Earth Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam:

What else are earth sciences students doing? Visit the homepage of the students association GeoVUsie:

Other earth science links:

• The homepage of the KNMI, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. Here you find lots of information about weather, climate and earthquakes.

• KNAG: the homepage of the Royal Netherlands Earth Science Association.

• KNGMG: the homepage of the Royal Netherlands Geologic and Mining Association.

• The homepage of the Netherlands Institute of Applied Geosciences. This is the Dutch geological survey.

• Volcano World: everything you want to know about volcanoes.

• mineral.galleries.com: homepage with a lot of information about minerals.

• Geosource: an on line earth science library.

• geology.about.com and geography.about.com: two American pages with lots of information and links about.... yes indeed, geology and geography.

• The CIA World Factbook 2002: a lot of information about geography, population, economy, communication and transport from every country in the world.

• www.usgs.gov: the United States Geological Survey.

Icelandic links:

• www.iceland.com: lots of information about Iceland.

• bestoficeland.com: internet portal about Iceland.

• Information about the city of Reykjavík.

• The website of Jónas Gunnlaugsson, with beautiful aerial photographs of Iceland, is truly worth a visit. The texts only are in Icelandic but that doesn't matter, it's the pictures that count.

• Everything you want to know about the Vatnajökull ice cap.

• Interesting facts about lake Myvatn.

• The homepage of Icelandair, Iceland's national airline company.

• A Russian internet portal with a lot of links to homepages that deal with Iceland (in Russian and English).

German links:

• Information about the German cities we visited: Dresden, Bautzen and Berlin.

• LAUBAG, the mining company that owns the Reichwalde- and Nochten-mines (only in German).

• Homepage of the Niederlausitz-region (in English and German).

• Information about the Sächsische Schweiz N.P. (only in German).

• Information about the Spreewald-region (only in German).

• The brown coal museum in the village of Knappenrode (only in German).

English links:

• Hoverspeed, the shipping-company that runs the fast ferry service Dover-Oostende.

• An online English travel guide.

• Information about some cities we visited: Exeter, Lyme Regis and Portsmouth.

• Stonehenge: interesting facts about this prehistoric site.

• Information about Dartmoor N.P..

• Homepage of the Birling Gap Cliff Protection Association.

French links:

• Information about French national parks, we visited some of these parks.

• Interesting is the website about the Auvergne, with lots of information about the puys.

• English website about the Causses.

• Go to www.millau-clic.com for touristic information about the town of Millau, the Gorges du Tarn and the Causses (in French).

• French homepage that deals with the Roussillon-region in southern France.

• Website with information about the French Jura-region.

• www.jura-france.com, a comprehensive website with information about, for instance, the sights and wines of the region. This site also contains a list with adresses of restaurants, hotels and holiday cottages (in French only).

• You wil find specific information about the part of the Jura-region in which our fieldwork took place at: www.interfrance.com/en/fc/fc_jura.html.

• Information about the town of Champagnole, our fieldwork-area was situated adjacent to this town.

Irish links:

• English sites with general information about Ireland: www.local.ie, www.12travel.ie and www.holiday-ireland.com.

• Websites of towns and regions we visited: Kilkenny, Killarney (1), Killarney (2), Kerry (1), Kerry (2), Dingle and Connemara.

• Visit the homepages of the Irish Geological Association and the Geological Survey of Ireland when you would like to know more about the geology of Ireland.

• General information about the Irish heritage.

• Visit www.historic.irishcastles.com for lots of information about several Irish castles.

• We visited these curiosities: Powerscourt House en Gardens and Bunratty Castle.

Luxembourg links:

• Information about villages in Luxembourg we have vistited: Bourscheid, Beaufort (in German), Echternach, Larochette (in English), Vianden and Wiltz (in French).

• www.camping.lu, list with all camping sites in Luxembourg.

• English website with information about the Müllerthal, in the Petite Suisse-region.

• www.ont.lu, The Tourist Board of Luxembourg (in English).

• For further information: the "Luxembourg Tourist Office" in London.

• Information about solar eclipses:  www.live-eclipse.org, www.eclipse.org.uk, www.earthview.com, the science site of the BBC and the homepage of eclipse-guru Fred Espenak.

Take a look at the website of the company A. Persoon Potplanten. This website is also created by me:

  My homepage may also be found at the following Dutch startpages and webguides: