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Physical Geology Workbook

Author(s): Giuseppina Kysar Mattietti, Stacey Verardo, Chris Seminack

Edition: 7

Copyright: 2022

Pages: 194

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Introductory Physical Geology Workbook provides hands-on activities that complement the physical geology lectures and guide the students from understanding science to applying their knowledge.

Introductory Physical Geology Workbook:

  • includes modified exercises to encourage students to explore relevant and up-to-date aspects of physical geology.
  • strengthens the connection between lecture and laboratory experience by designing pre-lab questions.
  • features more database-related exercises that the students need to be able to query databases, produce meaningful representations of the data and grasp the meaning and the implications of the information that retrieved this way.

 

 

SECTION 1: EARTH MATERIALS

Chapter 1 Identification of Common Rock-Forming Minerals

Chapter 2 Identification of Igneous Rocks

Chapter 3 Identification of Sedimentary Rocks

Chapter 4 Identification of Metamorphic Rocks

SECTION 2: SURFACE PROCESSES

Chapter 5 Introduction to Topographic Maps

Chapter 6 Landscape Evolution by Stream Erosion

Chapter 7 Flood Recurrence and Hazard

Chapter 8 Coastline Evolution

SECTION 3: TECTONICS

Chapter 9 Volcanic Processes

Chapter 10 Earthquake Analysis

Chapter 11 Crustal Deformation

Chapter 12 Plate Dynamics and Isostasy

Chapter 13 A Visit to the National Museum of Natural History

Giuseppina Kysar Mattietti

Stacey Verardo

Chris Seminack

Related ISBN's: 9798765710371

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