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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.
- Author
- Karla Panchuk
- Publisher
- University of Saskatchewan
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 135 sections
- 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