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|a Earth science and the environment
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|b Saunder College,
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|a Earth science and the earth's origin. 1.1. Geology and the solid earth -- 1.2. The hydrosphere: the Earth's water -- 1.3. The atmosphere -- 1.4. Astronomy -- 1.5. The biosphere -- 1.6. The origin of the universe -- 1.7. Formation of the solar system and the Earth -- 1.8. The structure of the modern Earth -- 1.9. Consequiences of a hot earth: earthquakes, volcanoes and plate tectonics -- Unit I. The Earth and its materials. 2. Minerals -- 2.1. What is a mineral? -- 2.2. The chemical composition of minerals -- 2.3. The crystalline nature of minerals -- 2.4. Physical properties of minerals -- 2.5. Mineral classification -- 2.6. The rock-forming minerals -- 2.7. Other important minerals -- 3. Rocks -- 3.1. Types of rocks and the rock cycle -- 3.2. Magma: The source of ingeous rocks -- 3.3. Classifications of igneour rocks -- 3.4. The most common igneous rocks -- 3.5. Sedimet -- 3.6. Types of sedimentary rock -- 3.7. Sedimentary structures -- 3.8. Metamorphism -- 3.9. Types of metamorphism and metamorphic rocks -- 4. Geologic time, fossils, evolution and extinction -- 4.1. Uniformitarianism -- 4.2. Geology time -- 4.3. Absolute time -- 4.4. Relative time -- 4.5. Fossils and faunal succession -- 4.6. The geologic time scale -- 4.7. Earliest eons of geologic time: precambrian time -- 4.8. The phanerozoic eon: the last 570 million years -- Conversation with John Horner --
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|a Unit II. Internal processes. 5. Plate tectonics -- 5.1. Alfred Wegener and the origin of an idea -- 5.2. Rock and Earth magnetism -- 5.3. Sea-floor spreading -- 5.4. The Earth's layers -- 5.5. Plates and plate tectonics -- 5.6. Divergent plate boundaries -- 5.7. Convergent plate boundaries -- 5.8. Transform plate boundaries -- 5.9. Anatomy of a Plate -- 5.10. The search for a mechanism -- 6. Earthquakes and the Earth's structure -- 6.1. What is an earhquake? -- 6.2. Earthquakes and tectonic plate boundaries -- 6.3. Earthquake waves -- 6.4. Locating the source of an earthquake -- 6.5. Earthquakes and humans -- 6.6. Earthquake prediction -- 6.7. Studying the Earth's interior -- 7. Plate tectonics, volcanoes and plutons -- 7.1. Formation of magma -- 7.2. The behavio of magma: Why some magma erupts from a volcano and other magma solidifies below the surface -- 7.3. Plutons -- 7.4. Volcanoes and other volcanic landforms -- 7.5. Igneous activity and plate tectonics -- 7.6. Violent magma: Ash-flow tuffs and calderas -- 7.7. Volcanoes and human settlements -- 8. Mountains and geologic structures -- 8.1. Mountains and ountain ranges -- 8.2. Plate tectonics and mountain building -- 8.3. Folds, faults and joints -- 8.4. Island arcs: mountain chains formed by collision of two oceanic plates -- 8.5.The building of two mountain chains: The Andes and the Himalayas -- 9. The geological evolution of North America -- 9.1. The sturcture of North America -- 9.2. Supercontinent cycles and the construction of the North american craton -- 9.3. Pangaea I: Two billion years ago -- 9.4. Pangaea II: One billion years ago -- 9.5. Pangaea III: One-half billion years ago -- 9.6. Breakup of Pangaea III -- 9.7. Building of the western mountains -- 9.8. The Pleistocene ice age and the arrival of humans -- Conversation with Paul Hoffman --
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|a Unit III. Surface processes. 10. Weathering, soil and erosion -- 10.1. Surface processes -- 10.2. Weathering -- 10.3. Soil -- 10.4. Erosion -- 10.5. Erosion by mass wastin -- 10.6. Types of mass wasting -- 10.7. Mass wasting triggered by earthquakes and volcanoes -- 11. Streams and ground water -- 11.1. The water cycle -- Streams -- 11.2. Characteristics of a tream -- 11.3. Stream erosion -- 11.4. Sediment transport -- 11.5. Sediment deposition -- 11.6. Downcutting and base level -- 11.7. Drainage basins -- 11.8. The evolution of valleys and rejuvenation -- Ground water -- 11.9. Characteristics of ground water -- 11.10. Use of ground water -- 11.11. Ground-water pollution -- 11.12. Caverns and karst topography -- 11.13. Hot springs and geysers -- 11.14. Geothermal energy -- 12. Glaciers and wind -- Glaciers -- 12.1. Types of glaciers -- 12.2. Glacial movement -- 12.3. Glacial erosion -- 12.4. Glacial deposits -- 12.5. The ice ages -- Wind -- 12.6. Wind erosion -- 12.7. Dunes --
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|a Unit IV. The oceans. 13. Oceans and coastlines -- Oceans -- 13.1. The Earth's oceans -- 13.2. Seawater -- 13.3. Waves -- 13.4. Tides -- 13.5. Currents -- Coastlines -- 13.6. Reffs -- 13.7. Beaches -- 13.8. Sediment-rich coastlines -- 13.9. Sediment-poor coastlines -- 13.10. Fjords and estuaries -- 13.11. Beach erosion and human settlement -- 13.12. Case history: The South shore of long island -- 13.13. Global warming and sea-level rise -- 14. The geology of the ocean floor -- 14.1. Studying the ocean floor -- 14.2. The mid-oceanic ridge -- 14.3. Sediment and rocks of the deep-sea floor -- 14.4. Geological resources on the ocean floor -- 14.5. Continental margins -- 14.6. Island arcs -- 14.7. Seamounts, oceanic islands and aseismic ridges -- Conversation with Cindy Lee van Dover --
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|a Unit V. The atmosphere. 15. The Earth's atmosphere -- 15.1. Evolution of the atmosphere -- 15.2. The composition of the atmosphere -- 15.3. Atmospheric pressure -- 15.4. Solar radiation -- 15.5. The radiation balance -- 15.6. Temperature changes with elevation -- 15.7. Temperature changes with latitude and season -- 15.8. Temperature changes due to heat transport and storage -- 16. Weather -- 16.1. Moisture in air -- 16.2. Clouds and precipitarion -- 16.3. Pressure and wind -- 16.4. Wind and mountains: rain-shadow deserts -- 16.5. Fronts and frontal wather -- 16.6. Sea and land breezes -- 16.7. Thunderstorms -- 16.8. Tornadoes and tropical cyclones -- 17. Climate -- 17.1. Global winds and precipitarion zones -- 17.2. Factors that determine climate -- 17.3. Climate zones of the Earth -- 17.4. Urban climates -- 17.5. Climate change -- 17.6. Climate change and human activity -- 18. Aire Pollution -- 18.1. Sources of air pollution -- 18.2. Motor vehicles and smog -- 18.3. Acid precipitation -- 18.4. Meteorology of air pollution -- 18.5. Effects of air pollution on human health -- 18.6. Effects of air pollution on vegetaion and materials -- 18.7. Aesthetic insults -- 18.8. Indoor air -- 18.9. Legislation and public policy in air pollution control -- 18.10. The cost of pollution control -- 18.11. Warfare and the atmosphere -- Conversation with Stephen Schneider --
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|a Unit VI. Astronomy. 19. Motion in the heavens -- 19.1. The motions of heavenly bodies -- 19.2. Aristotle and the Earth-centered universe -- 19.3. The renaissance and the heliocentric solar system -- 19.4. Modern understanding of the motions of heavenly bodies -- 19.5. Modern astronomy -- 20. Planets and their moons -- 20.1. The origin of the solar system -- 20.2. Mercury: a planet the size of the Moon -- 20.3. Venus: the greenhouse planet -- 20.4. The Moon: our nearest neighbor -- 20.5. Mars: a search for extraterrestrial life -- 20.6. Jupiter: a star that failed -- 20.7. Saturn: the ringed giant -- 20.8. Uranus and Neptune: Distan giants -- 20.9. Pluto: the ice dwarf -- 20.10. Asteroids, meteoroids and comets -- 21. The stars, space and galaxies -- 21.1. Measuring distances in space -- 21.2. The Sn -- 21.3. Stars: the main sequience -- 21.4. The life and death of a star -- 21.5. Neutron stars, pulsars and black holes -- 21.6. Galaxies -- 21.7. Quasars -- 21.8. The evolution and larg-scale structure of the universe --
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|a Unit VII. Natural Resources. 22. Geologic resources -- Energy resouces. 22.1. Fossil fuels -- 22.2. Fossil fuel sources and availability -- 22.3. Environmental problems resulting form production fo fossil fuels -- 22.4. Nuclear energy and uranium reserves -- Mineral Rrsources -- 22.5. Ore -- 22.6. How ore deposits form -- 22.7. Future availability of mineral resources -- 22.8. Nonmetallic resources -- Appendix A. Periodic table of the elements -- International table of atomic weights -- Appendix B. Identifying common minerals -- Appendix C. Systems of measurement -- Appendix D. Rock symbols -- Appendix E. Star maps.
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