Chapter 1 Introduction to Geology
1.5 Fundamentals of Plate Tectonics
2.1 Electrons, Protons, Neutrons, and Atoms
Chapter 3 Intrusive Igneous Rocks
3.4 Classification of Igneous Rock
4.1 Plate Tectonics and Volcanism
4.2 Magma Composition and Eruption Style
4.5 Monitoring Volcanoes and Predicting Eruptions
4.6 Volcanoes in British Columbia
5.3 The Products of Weathering and Erosion
5.4 Weathering and the Formation of Soil
5.6 Weathering and Climate Change
Chapter 6 Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
6.2 Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
6.3 Depositional Environments and Sedimentary Basins
6.4 Sedimentary Structures and Fossils
6.5 Groups, Formations, and Members
Chapter 7 Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
7.1 Controls Over Metamorphic Processes
7.2 Classification of Metamorphic Rocks
7.3 Plate Tectonics and Metamorphism
7.5 Contact Metamorphism and Hydrothermal Processes
Chapter 8 Measuring Geological Time
8.3 Dating Rocks Using Fossils
8.6 Understanding Geological Time
9.1 Understanding Earth Through Seismology
9.2 The Temperature of Earth’s Interior
10.1 Alfred Wegener: The Father of Plate Tectonics
10.2 Global Geological Models of the Early 20th Century
10.3 Geological Renaissance of the Mid-20th Century
10.4 Plate, Plate Motions, and Plate Boundary Processes
10.5 Mechanisms for Plate Motion
11.2 Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
11.4 The Impacts of Earthquakes
11.5 Forecasting Earthquakes and Minimizing Damage and Casualties
Chapter 12 Geological Structures
12.4 Measuring Geological Structures
13.3 Stream Erosion and Deposition
15.1 Factors That Control Slope Stability
15.2 Classification of Mass Wasting
15.3 Preventing, Delaying, Monitoring, and Mitigating Mass Wasting
16.1 Glacial Periods in Earth’s History
17.2 Landforms and Coastal Erosion
17.3 Landforms and Coastal Deposition
17.5 Human Interference with Shorelines
Chapter 18 Geology of the Oceans
18.2 The Geology of the Oceanic Crust
19.1 What Makes the Climate Change?
19.2 Anthropogenic Climate Change
19.3 Implications of Climate Change
Chapter 20 Geological Resources
Chapter 21 Geological History of Western Canada
21.1 Geological History of Canada
21.2 Western Canada during the Precambrian
21.3 Western Canada during the Paleozoic
21.4 Western Canada during the Mesozoic
21.5 Western Canada During the Cenozoic
Chapter 22 The Origin of Earth and the Solar System
22.2 Forming Planets from the Remnants of Exploding Stars
22.3 How to Build a Solar System
22.4 Earth’s First 2 Billion Years
Appendix 1: List of Geologically Important Elements and the Periodic Table
Appendix 2: Answers to Review Questions
Appendix 3: Answers to Exercises