Geology is a science of
such rapid growth that no apology is expected when from time to time a new
text-book is added to those already in the field. The present work, however, is
the outcome of the need of a text-book of very simple outline, in which causes
and their consequences should be knit together as closely as possible,—a need
long felt by the author in his teaching, and perhaps by other teachers also. The
author has ventured, therefore, to depart from the common usage which subdivides
geology into a number of departments,—dynamical, structural, physiographic, and
historical,—and to treat in immediate connection with each geological process
the land forms and the rock structures which it has produced. In arrangement,
the twofold division of the subject was chosen because of its simplicity and
effectiveness. The principles of physical geology come first; the several
chapters are arranged in what is believed to be a natural order, appropriate to
the greatest part of our country, so that from a simple beginning a logical
sequence of topics leads through the whole subject. The historical view of the
science comes second, with many specific illustrations of the physical processes
previously studied, but now set forth as part of the story of the earth, with
its many changes of aspect and its succession of inhabitants. Special attention
is here given to North America, and care is taken to avoid overloading with
details.
This note deals with the application
of geological and related principles to the solution of various types of crimes.
Topics covered includes: The Case of the Sandy Body, Characterizing Sand,
Characterizing Minerals, Characterizing Rocks, Using Pigments to Identify Art
Fraud, Demise of the Ice Man, Radioactive Isotopes, Stable Isotopes.
This book
relates fractals and chaos to a variety of geological and geophysical
applications. This book contains eight chapters showing the recent
applications of the fractal or mutifractal analysis in geosciences. Two chapters
are devoted to applications of the fractal analysis in climatology, two of them
to data of cosmic and solar geomagnetic data from observatories. Four chapters
of the book contain some applications of the (multi-) fractal analysis in
exploration geophysics.
This
book will be a valuable resource in teaching the physical, earth, and space
sciences. It introduces students to the scientific results of planetary
exploration. This educator's guide features exercises grouped into five units:
1) introduction to geologic processes, 2) impact cratering activities, 3)
planetary atmosphere, 4) planetary surfaces and 5) geologic mapping.
New Theory of the Earth, is a book written by Don L. Anderson. This
is an interdisciplinary advanced textbook on all aspects of the interior of the
Earth and its origin, composition, and evolution: geophysics, geochemistry,
dynamics, convection, mineralogy, volcanism, energetics and thermal history.
This is the only book on the whole landscape of deep Earth processes that ties
together all the strands of the subdisciplines.
This book explains about the earth and its
evolution.Also describes planetary formation theories and builds a model of what
early earth could of looked like, subtley using the scientific method and asking
and answering questions every step of the way.
This course note covers sediments in the rock cycle, production of
sediments at the Earth's surface, physics and chemistry of sedimentary
materials, and scale and geometry of near-surface sedimentary bodies, including
aquifers. It also explores topics like sediment transport and deposition in
modern sedimentary environments, burial and lithification, survey of major
sedimentary rock types, stratigraphic relationships of sedimentary basins, and
evolution of sedimentary processes through geologic time.
Geology is a science of
such rapid growth that no apology is expected when from time to time a new
text-book is added to those already in the field. The present work, however, is
the outcome of the need of a text-book of very simple outline, in which causes
and their consequences should be knit together as closely as possible,—a need
long felt by the author in his teaching, and perhaps by other teachers also. The
author has ventured, therefore, to depart from the common usage which subdivides
geology into a number of departments,—dynamical, structural, physiographic, and
historical,—and to treat in immediate connection with each geological process
the land forms and the rock structures which it has produced. In arrangement,
the twofold division of the subject was chosen because of its simplicity and
effectiveness. The principles of physical geology come first; the several
chapters are arranged in what is believed to be a natural order, appropriate to
the greatest part of our country, so that from a simple beginning a logical
sequence of topics leads through the whole subject. The historical view of the
science comes second, with many specific illustrations of the physical processes
previously studied, but now set forth as part of the story of the earth, with
its many changes of aspect and its succession of inhabitants. Special attention
is here given to North America, and care is taken to avoid overloading with
details.
This note covers the following topics:
course introduction water balance equation , aquifers porosity and darcys law ,
hydraulic head and fluid potential , continuity and flow nets , groundwater flow
patterns , groundwatersurface water interactions , transient systems and
groundwater storage , pump test analysis , numerical modeling of groundwater
flow , superposition , solute transport in groundwater , soil moisture i , soil
moisture ii , natural tracers pdf , hydraulic conductivity the permeater