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Chapter 1 Introduction to Geology Introduction Learning objectives After carefully reading this chapter, completing the exercises within it, and answering the questions at the end, you should be able to: - Explain what geology is, how it incorporates the other sciences, and how it is different from the other sciences - Discuss why we study Earth and what type of work geologists do - Define some of the properties of a mineral and explain the differences between minerals and rocks - Describe the n

Chapters

• Chapter 1 Introduction to Geology
• 1.1 What Is Geology?
• 1.2 Why Study Earth?
• 1.3 What Do Geologists Do?
• 1.4 Minerals and Rocks
• Chapter 2 Minerals
• 2.1 Electrons, Protons, Neutrons, and Atoms
• 2.6 Mineral Properties
• Chapter 3 Intrusive Igneous Rocks
• 3.1 The Rock Cycle
• 3.3 Crystallization of Magma
• 3.4 Classification of Igneous Rocks
• Chapter 3 Summary
• 4.2 Magma Composition and Eruption Style
• 4.4 Volcanic Hazards
• Chapter 4 Summary
• 5.1 Mechanical Weathering
• 5.2 Chemical Weathering
• 5.3 The Products of Weathering and Erosion
• 5.4 Weathering and the Formation of Soil
• 5.5 The Soils of Canada
• 5.6 Weathering and Climate Change
• Chapter 5 Summary
• 6.1 Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
• 6.5 Groups, Formations, and Members
• Chapter 6 Summary
• Chapter 7 Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
• 7.3 Plate Tectonics and Metamorphism
• 7.4 Regional Metamorphism
• 8.1 The Geological Time Scale
• 8.2 Relative Dating Methods
• 8.3 Dating Rocks Using Fossils
• 8.4 Isotopic Dating Methods
• Chapter 9 Earth’s Interior
• 9.1 Understanding Earth through Seismology
• 9.3 Earth’s Magnetic Field
• 9.4 Isostasy
• 10.2 Global Geological Models of the Early 20th Century
• Chapter 10 Summary
• Chapter 11 Earthquakes
• 11.1 What Is an Earthquake?
• 11.3 Measuring Earthquakes
• 11.4 The Impacts of Earthquakes
• 12.1 Stress and Strain
• 12.2 Folding
• 12.4 Measuring Geological Structures
• 13.1 The Hydrological Cycle
• 13.2 Drainage Basins
• 13.5 Flooding
• Chapter 13 Summary
• Chapter 14 Groundwater
• 14.1 Groundwater and Aquifers
• 14.4 Groundwater Quality
• Chapter 15 Mass Wasting
• 15.2 Classification of Mass Wasting
• 15.3 Preventing, Delaying, Monitoring, and Mitigating Mass Wasting
• Chapter 15 Summary
• Chapter 16 Glaciation
• 16.1 Glacial Periods in Earth’s History
• 16.2 How Glaciers Work
• 16.3 Glacial Erosion
• 16.4 Glacial Deposition
• Chapter 17 Shorelines
• 17.1 Waves
• 17.3 Landforms of Coastal Deposition
• 17.4 Sea-Level Change
• 17.5 Human Interference with Shorelines
• 18.1 The Topography of the Sea Floor
• Chapter 18 Summary
• Chapter 19 Climate Change
• 19.1 What Makes the Climate Change?
• Chapter 19 Summary
• Chapter 20 Geological Resources
• 20.1 Metal Deposits
• 20.2 Industrial Minerals
• 20.3 Fossil Fuels
• Chapter 21 Geological History of Western Canada
• 21.2 Western Canada during the Precambrian
• 21.4 Western Canada during the Mesozoic
• 21.5 Western Canada during the Cenozoic
• Chapter 22 The Origin of Earth and the Solar System
• 22.1 Starting with a Big Bang
• 22.5 Are There Other Earths?

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