This note explains the following topics:
Origins - Universe, Solar System and Earth, Earth Structure and Composition,
Continental Drift, Plate Tectonics, Minerals, Rocks and the Rock Cycle, Igneous
Rocks, Sedimentary Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks, The Hydrologic Cycle,Soils and Mass
Wasting/Mass Movement, Streams, Groundwater , Glaciers and Glaciation,
Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Mountains and Structures, Geologic Time, Fossils, Energy
Resourses.
This page provides PDF links that covers the following topics
related to Geology : Introduction, history of the earth and geological time,
Minerals, The rock cycle and igneous rocks, Volcanism and volcanic rocks,
Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks , Glaciation and surficial deposits, History
of Plate Tectonics, Plate tectonics, Earthquakes.
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