Introduction to Geology
This course note introduces students to the basics of geology. It will addresses topics ranging from mineral and rock identification to the origin of the continents, from geologic mapping to plate tectonics, and from erosion by rivers and glaciers to the history of life.
Author(s): Prof. Taylor Perron and Prof. Oliver Jagoutz
NA Pages 
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.
Author(s): Prof. G. Nelson Eby
NA Pages
Penn State's Structural Geology Class Notes
This note explains the follolwing topics: Parameters of Structural Geology, Mathematics of Structural Geology, Deformation Mapping, Deform. and Displacement Gradients, Examples of Geological Deformation, The Displacement Gradient, Rotational vs. Irrotational Strain, Strain Markers and Rock Strain, Properties of Tensors, Introduction to Stress , The Force-Balance Problem, The Mohr Circle and Earth Stress, Coulomb Failure Criterion, Microcracks and Shear Fracturing,Stress Concentration, Crack Propagation and Jointing, Effective Stress, Joint Patterns, Friction, Fault Rocks, Paleozoic Geology of the Cordiller, Alpine Geology.
Author(s): Terry Engelder
NA Pages
Structural Geology Laboratory Manual
A structural geology laboratory manual comes always handy to anyone dealing with maps, cross-sections or stereograhic nets. This manual contains explanations and exercises on attitude measurements, true and apparent dips, three-point problems, stereographic projections, rotations with the stereonet, stereograms, geologic mapping and cross-section construction, thickness and outcrop problems ans statistical techniques.
Author(s): David T. Allison
205 Pages
