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Introduction to Physical Geology

This text address Earth's natural environments, with emphasis on spatial characteristics, change over time, interactions between environmental components, and human-environment interactions. Physical processes, techniques, and tools by which Earth's climates, soils, vegetation, water resources, and land forms are linked into integrated global patterns. Effect of natural environments on human activities and how humans modify environments.

Geosciences

Tác giả: Deborah Shulman
Nhà xuất bản: Chabot College
Nguồn: LibreTexts
Giấy phép: CC BY-NC-SA
Ngôn ngữ: EN
Danh mục: Khoa học cơ bản

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01: Successful Strategies for Students
1.01: Academic Success Strategies
1.1.01: Effectively Reading College Texts
1.1.02: Taking Useful Notes
1.1.03: Study and Memory Techniques
1.1.04: Preparing for and Taking Tests
1.1.05: Case Study- Cramming
1.1.06: Chapter Summary
1.1.07: Chapter Review
1.1.08: Chapter Activity
1.1.09: References and Resources for Further Reading
02: Introduction to Geology and Earth Systems
2.01: What Is Geology
2.02: Why Study Earth
2.03: What Do Geologists Do
2.04: We Study Earth Using the Scientific Method
2.05: Science Denial and Evaluating Sources
2.06: What Is A Rock
2.07: The Rock Cycle
2.08: Introduction to Plate Tectonics
2.09: What Is the Earth System
2.10: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
03: Earth History
3.01: Origin of the Universe
3.02: Origin of the Solar SystemThe Nebular Hypothesis
3.03: Hadean Eon
3.04: Archean Eon
3.05: Proterozoic Eon
3.06: Paleozoic
3.07: Mesozoic
3.08: Cenozoic
3.09: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
04: Earths Interior
4.01: Earths Layers- Crust Mantle and Core
4.02: Imaging Earths Interior
4.03: Earths Interior Heat
4.04: Earths Magnetic Field
4.05: Isostasy
4.06: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
05: Plate Tectonics
5.01: Alfred Wegeners Arguments for Plate Tectonics
5.02: Global Geological Models of the Early 20th Century
5.03: Geological Renaissance of the Mid-20th Century
5.04: Plates Plate Motions and Plate-Boundary Processes
5.05: Mechanisms for Plate Motion
5.06: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
06: Minerals
6.01: Atoms
6.02: Bonding and Lattices
6.03: Mineral Groups
6.04: Silicate Minerals
6.05: How Minerals Form
6.06: Mineral Properties
6.07: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
07: Mineral Resources
7.01: Prelude to Mineral Resources
7.02: Mining
7.03: Mineral Resources
7.04: Metal Deposits
7.05: Industrial Minerals
7.06: Diamonds
7.07: Summary
08: Igneous Rocks and Processes
8.01: Magma and How It Forms
8.02: Crystallization of Magma
8.03: Classification of Igneous Rocks
8.04: Intrusive Igneous Rocks
8.05: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
09: Volcanism
9.01: What Is A Volcano
9.02: Materials Produced by Volcanic Eruptions
9.03: Types of Volcanoes
9.04: Types of Volcanic Eruptions
9.05: Plate Tectonics and Volcanism
9.06: Volcanic Hazards
9.07: Monitoring Volcanoes and Predicting Eruptions
9.08: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
10: Weathering Sediment and Soil
10.01: The Unique Properties of Water
10.02: Physical Weathering
10.03: Chemical Weathering
10.04: Controls on Weathering Processes and Rates
10.05: Weathering and Erosion Produce Sediments
10.06: Weathering and Soil Formation
10.07: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
11: Erosional and Depositional Environments - Streams
11.01: Streams in the Hydrological Cycle
11.02: Channel Development and Drainage Basins
11.03: Stream Erosion and Deposition
11.04: Stream Types
11.05: Flooding
11.06: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
12: Erosional and Depositional Environments - Glaciers
12.01: Prelude to Galciers
12.02: Types of Glaciers
12.03: Glacial Erosion
12.04: Glacial Deposits
12.05: Glaciations over Earths History
12.06: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
13: Erosional and Depositional Environments - Mass Wasting
13.01: Factors That Control Slope Stability
13.02: Classification of Mass Wasting
13.03: Preventing Delaying Monitoring and Mitigating Mass Wasting
13.04: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
14: Erosional and Depositional Environments - Wind
14.01: Desert Weathering and Erosion
14.02: Desert Landforms
14.03: Chapter Summary
15: Sedimentary Rocks
15.01: Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
15.02: Chemical and Biochemical Sedimentary Rocks
15.03: Organic Sedimentary Rocks
15.04: Depositional Environments and Sedimentary Basins
15.05: Sedimentary Structures and Fossils
15.06: Groups Formations and Members
15.07: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
16: Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
16.01: Controls on Metamorphic Processes
16.02: Foliation and Rock Cleavage
16.03: Classification of Metamorphic Rocks
16.04: Types of Metamorphism and Where They Occur
16.05: Metamorphic Facies and Index Minerals
16.06: Metamorphic Hydrothermal Processes and Metasomatism
16.07: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
17: Geological Structures and Mountain Building
17.01: Stress and Strain
17.02: Folds
17.03: Fractures Joints and Faults
17.04: Mountain Building
17.05: Measuring Geological Structures
17.06: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
18: Earthquakes
18.01: What is an Earthquake
18.02: Seismic Waves and Measuring Earthquakes
18.03: Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
18.04: The Impacts of Earthquakes
18.05: Forecasting Earthquakes and Minimizing Impacts
18.06: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
19: Geologic Time
19.01: Relative Dating
19.02: Absolute Dating
19.03: Fossils and Evolution
19.04: Correlation
19.05: Understanding Geological Time
19.06: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check
20: Global Energy and Climate Change
20.01: Earth's Energy Resources
20.02: Earths Temperature
20.03: Causes of Climate Change
20.04: Methods for Studying Past Climate
20.05: Computer Models of the Earth System
20.06: Humans in the Earth System
20.07: Welcome to the Anthropocene
20.08: Chapter Summary and Key Term Check