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Controversies in the Earth Sciences
Eliza Richardson · Pennsylvania State University
In the contents: 1.02: Map of M.Ed Earth Sciences Program Students · 1.06: What is Your Earth Science Background · 04: Is the New Madrid Seismic Zone at risk for a large earthquake
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Introduction to Earth and Space Sciences
Robert Wagner · HACC
Introduction to Earth and Space Sciences explores Earth as a planet and its place in the larger universe. Beginning with astronomy, we investigate our solar system, stars, galaxies, and the universe. We then examine Earth’s atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate before turning to the solid Earth, its materials, geological history, and changing landscapes. Together, these topics reveal the interconnected processes that shape our planet and our understanding of the cosmos.
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Physical Geology
Steven Earle · Vancover Island University
In the contents: 1.02: Why Study Earth · 09: Earths Interior · 9.01: Understanding Earth Through Seismology
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Introduction to Historical Geology
Chris Johnson, Callan Bentley, Karla Panchuk, et al. · Maricopa Open Digital Press
In the contents: 1.05: Earths Story is Your Story · 02: Planet Earth - An Introduction · 2.01: Origin of the Universe- From Big Bang to Planet Earth
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Essentials of Oceanography
Eliza Richardson · Pennsylvania State University
In the contents: 01: The Water Planet: Earth and the Goldilocks Principle · 1.02: Venus Earth and Mars · 4.03: Redistributing Earth's Heat Wind and Currents
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Introduction to Climate Science
Andreas Schmittner · Oregon State University
This book describes how Earth's climate is changing, how it has been changing in the recent geological past and how it may change in the future. It covers the physical sciences that build the foundations of our current understanding of global climate change such as radiation, Earth's energy balance, the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. Both natural and human causes for climate change are discussed. Impacts of climate change on natural and human systems are summarized.
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Physical Geography
K. Allison Lenkeit-Meezan · Foothill College
In the contents: 01: Measuring Monitoring and Describing the Earth · 1.02: Location and Time on Earth · 03: Earth Materials - The Lithosphere
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The Dynamic Earth
W. Jacquelyne Kious & Robert I. Tilling · U.S. Geological Survey
In the contents: 1.02: Inside the Earth
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GEL 98-16: Geobiology
Dawn Sumner · University of California, Davis
GEL 53: Introduction to Geobiology is required for Geology majors at UCD. This course is designed to be fully interactive. Geobiology is a new and growing field with an emphasis on how life and especially microbial communities interact with Earth throughout Earth history. This course provides students with a conceptual framework for how environments on Earth have shaped the evolution of life and how metabolic and other cellular processes have influenced Earth.
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Introduction to Climate Science
Andreas Schmittner · Oregon State University
This book describes how Earth's climate is changing, how it has been changing in the recent geological past and how it may change in the future. It covers the physical sciences that build the foundations of our current understanding of global climate change such as radiation, Earth's energy balance, the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. Both natural and human causes for climate change are discussed. Impacts of climate change on natural and human systems are summarized.
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Earth Science
Lumen Learning · LibreTexts
In the contents: 01: Introduction to Earth Science · 1.02: Earth Science and Its Branches · 2.01: Materials of Earths Crust
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Physical Geology
Anne Huth · Achieving the Dream
In the contents: 01: Earths Origin and an Introduction to Topographic Maps · 02: Earths Interior · 2.02: Assignment- Exploring Earths layers and seismic-wave travel times
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Geology
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
In the contents: 2.11: Reading- Abundance of Elements in Earths Crust · 06: Earths Interior · 6.01: Why It Matters- Earths Interior
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The Story of Earth - An Observational Guide
Daniel Hauptvogel and Virginia Sisson · University of Houston
In the contents: 1.03: Earth Materials · 1.11: Interpreting Earth's History using Maps
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Introduction to Physical Geology
Deborah Shulman · Chabot College
In the contents: 02: Introduction to Geology and Earth Systems · 2.02: Why Study Earth · 2.04: We Study Earth Using the Scientific Method
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Environmental Geology
Steven Earle · Thompson Rivers University
In the contents: 01: Earth System Science and Environmental Geology · 1.01: The Earth in Space · 1.02: Earth System Science
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How Language Works
Michael Gasser · Indiana University
Linguistics is the science of language; it treats language and the ways people use it as phenomena to be studied much as a geologist treats the earth. Linguists want to figure out how language works. They are no more in the business of making value judgments about people's language than geologists are in the business of making value judgments about the behavior of the earth.
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The Environment of the Earth's Surface
John Southard · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In the contents: 1.01: Some Basic Physics Relevant to The Earth's Surface · 1.02: Heading and Cooling of the Earth's Surface · 1.03: Some Elementary Chemistry Relevant to the Earth's Surface
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Geobiology
Dawn Sumner · University of California, Davis
In the contents: 1: Life and Earth
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Introduction to Earth Science (C-ID: GEOL 121)
Timothy Ellsworth · Coalinga College
In the contents: 01: Introduction to Earth Science · 1.02: Earth Systems Overview · 1.03: Components of the Earth System