Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciation, groundwater, streams, coasts, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada, especially British Columbia, and also includes a chapter devoted to the geological history of western Canada. The book is a collaboration of faculty from Earth Science departments at Universities and Colleges across British Columbia and elsewhere.

Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciation, groundwater, streams, coasts, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada, especially British Columbia, and also includes a chapter devoted to the geological history of western Canada. The book is a collaboration of faculty from Earth Science departments at Universities and Colleges across British Columbia and elsewhere.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Geology
Chapter 2 Minerals
Chapter 3 Intrusive Igneous Rocks
Chapter 4 Volcanism
Chapter 5 Weathering and Soil
Chapter 6 Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
Chapter 7 Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
Chapter 8 Measuring Geological Time
Chapter 9 Earth's Interior
Chapter 10 Plate Tectonics
Chapter 11 Earthquakes
Chapter 12 Geological structures
Chapter 13 Streams and Floods
Chapter 14 Groundwater
Chapter 15 Mass Wasting
Chapter 16 Glaciation
Chapter 17 Shorelines
Chapter 18 Geology of the Oceans
Chapter 19 Climate Change
Chapter 20 Geological Resources
Chapter 21 Geological History of Western Canada
Chapter 22 The Origin of Earth and the Solar System

Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciation, groundwater, streams, coasts, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada, especially British Columbia, and also includes a chapter devoted to the geological history of western Canada. The book is a collaboration of faculty from Earth Science departments at Universities and Colleges across British Columbia and elsewhere.

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

Welcome to Physical Geology Laboratory: Interactive Diagrams and Questions!

The purpose of this “book” is to help students practice skills to master learning objectives for physical geology laboratory.

Table of Contents:
MINERALS
Physical Properties of Minerals
Mineral Identification

IGNEOUS ROCKS
Bowen’s Reaction Series
Igneous Rock Textures
Igneous Rock Identification

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Sedimentary Rock Textures
Sedimentary Rock Identification

METAMORPHIC ROCKS
Metamorphic Rock Textures
Metamorphic Rock Identification

TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS
Introduction to Topographic Maps
Topography and Bathymetry
Contour Lines
Topographic Features
Latitude and Longitude
Scale and Slope
Applications: Plate Tectonics

PLATE TECTONICS
Motion at Plate Boundaries
Global Positioning System
Azimuth
GPS Data and Plate Motion
Plate Motion Vectors
Plate Boundaries
What Type of Plate Boundary?

GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
Original Horizontality and Superposition
Tilted Beds and Strike and Dip
Faults
Folds
Plunging Folds
Domes and Basins
Geologic Structures and Plate Tectonics

GEOLOGIC TIME
Principles of Relative Dating
Unconformities
Worked Example: Relative Geologic Time
Relative Ages 1
Relative Ages 2
Relative Ages 3
Relative Ages 4
The Geologic Time Scale

GEOLOGIC MAPS
Plate Motion Through Geologic Time
Geologic Map of North America
Reading a Geologic Map
California
Michigan
Utah
Pennsylvania
The Grand Canyon

This syllabus is for the class "GEOL1001: Physical Geology" at Louisiana State University, which is the course CGEO 1103 on the statewide common course matrix.

The Physical Geology Workbook is a companion workbook to the Physical Geology introductory textbook. It contains learning outcomes, vocabulary, and review questions that students can use to enhance their learning experiences in 100-level university geology courses.

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
Chapter 14 (Earle, 2015). Groundwater
Chapter 21 (Earle, 2015). Geological history of Western Canada

  This is a review of "An Introduction to Geology", a free textbook for college-level introductory geology courses, by Dr. Achim Herrmann (Department of Geology and Geophysics, LSU).The textbook is here: https://louis.oercommons.org/courses/an-introduction-to-geology-free-textbook-for-college-level-introductory-geology-courses