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Physical Geology

Physical Geology is an interactive comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology, and more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada. It is adapted from Physical Geology, First University of Saskatchewan Edition.

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Tác giả: Karla Panchuk
Nhà xuất bản: University of Saskatchewan
Nguồn: LibreTexts
Giấy phép: CC BY-NC-SA
Ngôn ngữ: EN
Danh mục: Khoa học cơ bản

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01: Introduction to Geology
1.01: What Is Geology
1.02: Why Study Earth
1.03: What Do Geologists Do
1.04: We Study Earth Using the Scientific Method
1.05: Three Big Ideas- Geological Time Uniformitarianism and Plate Tectonics
1.06: Chapter 1 Summary and Key Term Check
02: The Origin of Earth and the Solar System
2.01: Starting with a Big Bang
2.02: Planet-Forming Materials Come from the Remnants of Exploded Stars
2.03: How to Build a Solar System
2.04: Earths First 2 Billion Years
2.05: Are There Other Earths
2.06: Chapter 2 Summary and Key Term Check
03: Earths Interior
3.01: Earths Layers- Crust Mantle and Core
3.02: Imaging Earths Interior
3.03: Earths Interior Heat
3.04: Earths Magnetic Field
3.05: Isostasy
3.06: Chapter 3 Summary and Key Term Check
04: Plate Tectonics
4.01: Alfred Wegeners Arguments for Plate Tectonics
4.02: Global Geological Models of the Early 20th Century
4.03: Geological Renaissance of the Mid-20th Century
4.04: Plates Plate Motions and Plate-Boundary Processes
4.05: Mechanisms for Plate Motion
4.06: Chapter 4 Summary and Key Term Check
05: Minerals
5.01: Atoms
5.02: Bonding and Lattices
5.03: Mineral Groups
5.04: Silicate Minerals
5.05: How Minerals Form
5.06: Mineral Properties
5.07: Chapter 5 Summary and Key Term Check
06: The Rock Cycle
6.01: What Is A Rock
6.02: The Rock Cycle
6.03: Chapter 6 Summary and Key Term Check
07: Igneous Rocks
7.01: Magma and How It Forms
7.02: Crystallization of Magma
7.03: Classification of Igneous Rocks
7.04: Intrusive Igneous Rocks
7.05: Chapter 7 Summary and Key Term Check
08: Weathering Sediment and Soil
8.01: Physical Weathering
8.02: Chemical Weathering
8.03: Controls on Weathering Processes and Rates
8.04: Weathering and Erosion Produce Sediments
8.05: Weathering and Soil Formation
8.06: Soils of Canada
8.07: Weathering and Climate Change
8.08: Chapter 8 Summary and Key Term Check
09: Sedimentary Rocks
9.01: Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
9.02: Chemical and Biochemical Sedimentary Rocks
9.03: Organic Sedimentary Rocks
9.04: Depositional Environments and Sedimentary Basins
9.05: Sedimentary Structures and Fossils
9.06: Groups Formations and Members
9.07: Chapter 9 Summary and Key Term Check
10: Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
10.01: Controls on Metamorphic Processes
10.02: Foliation and Rock Cleavage
10.03: Classification of Metamorphic Rocks
10.04: Types of Metamorphism and Where They Occur
10.05: Metamorphic Facies and Index Minerals
10.06: Metamorphic Hydrothermal Processes and Metasomatism
10.07: Chapter 10 Summary and Key Term Check
11: Volcanism
11.01: What Is A Volcano
11.02: Materials Produced by Volcanic Eruptions
11.03: Types of Volcanoes
11.04: Types of Volcanic Eruptions
11.05: Plate Tectonics and Volcanism
11.06: Volcanic Hazards
11.07: Monitoring Volcanoes and Predicting Eruptions
11.08: Volcanoes in Canada
11.09: Chapter 11 Summary and Key Term Check
12: Earthquakes
12.01: What is an Earthquake
12.02: Seismic Waves and Measuring Earthquakes
12.03: Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
12.04: The Impacts of Earthquakes
12.05: Forecasting Earthquakes and Minimizing Impacts
12.06: Chapter 12 Summary and Key Term Check
13: Geological Structures and Mountain Building
13.01: Stress and Strain
13.02: Folds
13.03: Fractures Joints and Faults
13.04: Mountain Building
13.05: Measuring Geological Structures
13.06: Chapter 13 Summary and Key Term Check
14: Streams and Floods
14.01: Streams in the Hydrological Cycle
14.02: Channel Development and Drainage Basins
14.03: Stream Erosion and Deposition
14.04: Stream Types
14.05: Flooding
14.06: Chapter 14 Summary and Key Term Check
15: Mass Wasting
15.01: Factors That Control Slope Stability
15.02: Classification of Mass Wasting
15.03: Preventing Delaying Monitoring and Mitigating Mass Wasting
15.04: Chapter 15 Summary and Key Term Check
16: Earth-System Change
16.01: What Is the Earth System
16.02: Causes of Climate Change
16.03: Methods for Studying Past Climate
16.04: Computer Models of the Earth System
16.05: Humans in the Earth System
16.06: Welcome to the Anthropocene
16.07: Chapter 16 Summary and Key Term Check
17: Glaciation
17.01: Types of Glaciers
17.02: Glacial Erosion
17.03: Glacial Deposits
17.04: Glaciations over Earths History
17.05: Chapter 17 Summary and Key Term Check
18: Geological Resources
18.01: Metal Deposits
18.02: Industrial Minerals
18.03: Fossil Fuels
18.04: Diamonds
18.05: Chapter 18 Summary and Key Term Check
19: Measuring Geological Time
19.01: The Geological Timescale
19.02: Relative Dating Methods
19.03: Dating Rocks Using Fossils
19.04: Isotopic Dating Methods
19.05: Other Dating Methods
19.06: Understanding Geological Time
19.07: Chapter 19 Summary and Key Term Check