Introduction to Geology Lecture Notes

SECTION I: THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY, THE STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH, AND THE DYNAMIC EARTH
Science, Uncertainty, and The Scientific Method
Introduction to Geology
Structure of the Earth
The Dynamic Earth
SECTION II: CONTINENTAL DRIFT, PLATE TECTONICS, AND THE OCEAN FLOOR
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
The Ocean Floor
SECTION III: EARTHQUAKES AND CRUST DEFORMATION 
Earthquakes 
Crust Deformation
SECTION IV: MAGMA AND IGNEOUS ACTIVITY
Magma
Igneous Activity
SECTION V: BASIC CHEMISTRY 
Basic Chemistry 
Periodic Table of the Elements 
SECTION VI: MINERALS
Minerals
SECTION VII: IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY, AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS 
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks 
SECTION VIII: WEATHERING, SOILS, AND MASS WASTING
Weathering 
Soils
Mass Wasting
SECTION IX: STREAMFLOW AND GROUNDWATER
Streamflow
Groundwater 
SECTION X: GLACIERS, DESERTS, AND SHORELINES
Glaciers 
Deserts 
Shorelines 
SECTION XI: GEOLOGIC TIME, EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE, SOLAR SYSTEM, AND EARTH, AND THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE 
Geologic Time 
Geologic Time Scale
Evolution of the Universe, Solar System, and Earth
The Evolution of Life 
SECTION XII: CLIMATE CHANGE 
Climate Change