| Description |
1 online resource : chiefly colour illustrations. |
| Current Frequency |
Updated irregularly. |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Open textbook library
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Open Textbook Library.
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| Note |
Unless otherwise noted, this book is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. |
| Summary |
"Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciation, groundwater, streams, coasts, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada, especially British Columbia, and also includes a chapter devoted to the geological history of western Canada. The book is a collaboration of faculty from Earth Science departments at Universities and Colleges across British Columbia and elsewhere."--Open Textbook Library. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Contents |
Introduction to Geology -- Minerals -- Intrusive Igneous Rocks -- Volcanism -- Weathering and Soil -- Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks -- Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks -- Measuring Geological Time -- Earth's Interior -- Plate Tectonics -- Earthquakes -- Geological structures -- Streams and Floods -- Groundwater -- Mass Wasting -- Glaciation -- Shorelines -- Geology of the Oceans -- Climate Change -- Geological Resources -- Geological History of Western Canada -- The Origin of Earth and the Solar System -- Glossary -- Appendix 1. List of Geologically Important elements and the Periodic Table. |
| Local Note |
Open Educational Resources (OER). Open Textbooks |
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Open Textbook Library |
| Issued By |
Made available online by British Columbia Open Textbook project. |
| Subject |
Physical geology -- Textbooks.
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Physical geology. |
| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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Textbooks.
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