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Acknowledgments
Lab Policies
What is Geology?
Why Study Earth?
What Do Geologists Do?
Lab 1 Exercises
2.1 Bonding and Lattices
2.2 Mineral Groups
Lab 2 Exercises
3.1 Silicate Mineral Groups
Lab 3 Exercises
4.1 Crystallization of Magma
4.2 Classification of Igneous Rocks
Lab 4 Exercises
5.1 Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
5.2 Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
5.3 Depositional Environments and Sedimentary Basins
Lab 5 Exercises
6.1 Metamorphism and Plate Tectonics
6.2 Classification of Metamorphic Rocks
6.3 The Rock Cycle
Lab 6 Exercises
7.1 The Geological Time Scale
7.2 Key Principles of Geological Age Determination
7.3 Introduction to Graphic Logs
Lab 7 Exercises
8.1 Introduction to Structural Geology
8.2 What Makes a Map?
8.3 Geological Maps
8.4 Estimating Dip Direction from a Geological Map
Lab 8 Exercises
Getting Started in Google Earth Pro
Grid Systems and Coordinates
9.1 Stress and Strain
9.2 Folding
9.3 Faulting
Lab 9 Exercises
Mineral Identification Tables
Rock Classification Tables
Appendix 1: List of Geologically Important Elements and the Periodic Table
Appendix 2: Block Models
Links for Print Edition
All mineral identification tables: © Siobhan McGoldrick. CC-BY-4.0.
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