which is the best place to research in geoophysics in world?
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Partial list of US News Rankings of Earth Science Graduate Program is given below:\n\n1. Cal Tech \n2. MIT \n2. Stanford \n4. UC Berkeley \n5. Columbia\n5. Michigan\n7. Penn State\n8. Arizona\n9. Harvard\n9. Texas\n11. Princeton\n11. UCLA11\n11. Washington\n11. Yale\n\nCal Tech and MIT are the leaders.\nGood Luck\nNBS
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Go to www.usgs.gov.  It's a great site that gives you all sorts of information about earthquaktes, faultlines, etc. I'm not sure if you can view all of North America, but as there are so many faultlines, it may be best to view it in smaller areas.  Good luck and enjoy exploring!
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http://earth.google.com/
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I prefer www.sciencedirect.com or wileyinterscience.com for research articles.\n\nIf you have access to a university library, Scifinder works well, too.\n\nThese are primarily Physical Science / Biological Science search engines.
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there are many books on geostatics...\n\nyou can find a list of books from the following search list\n\nhttp://books.google.com/books?q=geostatistics&hl=en
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It is a good site: http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/
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www.geology.com\n\nSeriously...\nGo there.
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simply go search for crustal earhquakes,it's that easy.The search bar can pull up anything imaginable.
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There is an entire scientific journal dedicated to covering related technology and geophysical problems:\nhttp://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1742-2140/1/1/E01\n\nHere is the introduction from a PhD project on the use of seismic while tunnel boring:\nI quote: "Before boring a tunnel, all possible data about the subsurface of the area is gathered. There is however always a\nshortage of information. All geological sections are based on discontinuous CPT measurements, in combination with\ngeological data of the surroundings. This method gives an insufficient accuracy in heterogeneous areas. Obstacles and\nfast lateral soil variations will seldom be detected and they can have a severe influence on the drilling process. Obstacles\ncan bring serious damage to the TBM. The soil properties partly determine the drilling parameters. An appropriate\nsolution for obtaining a more detailed image of the subsurface around the TBM could be the use seismics during the\nexcavation of the tunnel.\nExperiments have been carried out at the test sites of the Second Heinenoord Tunnel. They have shown that the TBM\nis a source of seismic shear waves. The shear waves are generated by the hydraulic jacks at the end of the machine.\nMeasurements have shown that it is possible to register reflections from obstacles around the TBM. With this set-up,\nthere will however always be a blind zone in front of the machine that can not be imaged. A better system would be to\nhave source and receivers on the head of the TBM, on the cutter wheel."\n\nThis is from a pdf file at: http://www.ctg.tudelft.nl/Research/Progress_reports/2000/Project3.3/Swinnen.pdf\n\nThere are multiple geophysical tools that can be applied to tunnel construction. Shallow seismic surveys can be made prior to tunneling. Boreholes can be drilled and logged using many available logging tools that can determine rock and fluid properties. This can be combined with the seismic data to improve the interpretation of the seismic. \n\nGround Penetrating Radar has been shown to have very high resolution of subsurface features in shallow settings. Here is an exhaustive list of GPR links:\nhttp://www.g-p-r.com/librarie.htm\n\nOther company websites that can give you information:\nhttp://www.parsons.com/transport/tunnel/capabilities/design.asp\nhttp://www.fes.co.uk/
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There are specialties within civil engineering such as Structural, environmental, transportation, geotechnical, hydraulics etc. Depending on the area you are interested in you can find ongoing research in various universities by visiting the websites of their engineering departments. Most will have a listing of the research interests and ongoing research being conducted by their faculty.
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Atlas: A great resource.\nLook up some websites on them too.
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You can find a lot of hot spots in the world looking on http://www.jiwire.com/ \n\nEnjoy.
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This is not the best place for such scientific studies,try specialized sites such as: medscape or the Lancet journals
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scholar.google.com\n\nfindarticles.com
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The two best are:\n\nDead Sea - deadseaminerals.com (Jordan)\n\nRotorua - beautyspa.co.nz (New Zealand)
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www.itt.edu/staff/boyter/links/index.html#ASTRONOMY\n\nwww.itt.edu/staff/boyter/links/index.html (general science links)\n\nSimple web searches if you narrow down the topic.  Just searching "earth science" will give more than 35 MILLION hits.
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Go here - http://www.worldclimate.com/