Landslide Handbook

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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

1.5 Fundamentals of Plate Tectonics

1.6 Geological Time

Summary

 

Chapter 2 Minerals

2.1 Electrons, Protons, Neutrons, and Atoms

2.2 Bonding and Lattices

2.3 Mineral Groups

2.4 Silicate Minerals

2.5 Formation of Minerals

2.6 Mineral Properties

Summary

 

Chapter 3 Intrusive Igneous Rocks

3.1 The Rock Cycle

3.2 Magma and Magma Formation

3.3 Crystallization of Magma

3.4 Classification of Igneous Rock

3.5 Intrusive Igneous Bodies

Summary

 

Chapter 4 Volcanism

4.1 Plate Tectonics and Volcanism

4.2 Magma Composition and Eruption Style

4.3 Types of Volcanoes

4.4 Volcanic Hazards

4.5 Monitoring Volcanoes and Predicting Eruptions

4.6 Volcanoes in British Columbia

Summary

 

Chapter 5 Weathering and Soil

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

Summary

 

Chapter 6 Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks

6.1 Clastic 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

Summary

 

Chapter 7 Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

7.1 Controls Over Metamorphic Processes

7.2 Classification of Metamorphic Rocks

7.3 Plate Tectonics and Metamorphism

7.4 Regional Metamorphism

7.5 Contact Metamorphism and Hydrothermal Processes

Summary

 

Chapter 8 Measuring Geological Time

8.1 The Geological Time Scale

8.2 Relative Dating Methods

8.3 Dating Rocks Using Fossils

8.4 Isotopic Dating Methods

8.5 Other Dating Methods

8.6 Understanding Geological Time

Summary

 

Chapter 9 Earth’s Interior

9.1 Understanding Earth Through Seismology

9.2 The Temperature of Earth’s Interior

9.3 Earth’s Magnetic Field

9.4 Isostasy

Summary

 

Chapter 10 Plate Tectonics

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

Summary

 

Chapter 11 Earthquakes

11.1 What is an Earthquake?

11.2 Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

11.3 Measuring Earthquakes

11.4 The Impacts of Earthquakes

11.5 Forecasting Earthquakes and Minimizing Damage and Casualties

Summary

 

Chapter 12 Geological Structures

12.1 Stress and Strain

12.2 Folding

12.3 Fracturing and Faulting

12.4 Measuring Geological Structures

Summary

 

Chapter 13 Streams and Floods

13.1 The Hydrological Cycle

13.2 Drainage Basins

13.3 Stream Erosion and Deposition

13.4 Stream Types

13.5 Flooding

Summary

 

Chapter 14 Groundwater

14.1 Groundwater and Aquifers

14.2 Groundwater Flow

14.3 Groundwater Extraction

14.4 Groundwater Quality

Summary

 

Chapter 15 Mass Wasting

15.1 Factors That Control Slope Stability

15.2 Classification of Mass Wasting

15.3 Preventing, Delaying, Monitoring, and Mitigating Mass Wasting

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

Summary

 

Chapter 17 Shorelines

17.1 Waves

17.2 Landforms and Coastal Erosion

17.3 Landforms and Coastal Deposition

17.4 Sea-Level Change

17.5 Human Interference with Shorelines

Summary

 

Chapter 18 Geology of the Oceans

18.2 The Geology of the Oceanic Crust

18.3 Sea-Floor Sediments

18.4 Ocean Water

Summary

 

Chapter 19 Climate Change

19.1 What Makes the Climate Change?

19.2 Anthropogenic Climate Change

19.3 Implications of Climate Change

Summary

 

Chapter 20 Geological Resources

20.1 Metal Deposits

20.2 Industrial Materials

20.3 Fossil Fuels

20.4 Diamonds

Summary

 

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

Summary

 

Chapter 22 The Origin of Earth and the Solar System

22.1 Starting with a Big Bang

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

22.5 Are There Other Earths?

Summary

 

Glossary

About the Author

Appendix 1: List of Geologically Important Elements and the Periodic Table

Appendix 2: Answers to Review Questions

Appendix 3: Answers to Exercises

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