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Physical Geology - First University of Saskatchewan Edition
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Panchuk, Karla, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earth sciences--Textbooks.
- Earth sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First University of Saskatchewan Edition
- Place of Publication:
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan University of Saskatchewan [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada. It is adapted from "Physical Geology" written by Steven Earle for the BCcampus Open Textbook Program.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Geology
- Chapter 2. The Origin of Earth and the Solar System
- Chapter 3. Earth's Interior
- Chapter 4. Plate Tectonics
- Chapter 5. Minerals
- Chapter 6. The Rock Cycle
- Chapter 7. Igneous Rocks
- Chapter 8. Weathering, Sediment, and Soil
- Chapter 9. Sedimentary Rocks
- Chapter 10. Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
- Chapter 11. Volcanism
- Chapter 12. Earthquakes
- Chapter 13. Geological Structures and Mountain Building
- Chapter 14. Streams and Floods
- Chapter 15. Mass Wasting
- Chapter 16. Earth-System Change
- Chapter 17. Glaciation
- Chapter 18. Geological Resources
- Chapter 19. Measuring Geological Time
- Notes:
- Description based on print resource
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