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Oct 13, 2021 · Introduction to Geology by Chris Johnson, Matthew D. Affolter, Paul Inkenbrandt, and Cam Mosher, Salt Lake Community College (An alternate version of the book with the …

The concept of plate tectonics was just as revolutionary for geology. The theory of plate tectonics attributes the movement of massive sections of the Earth’s outer layers with creating …

The marsupials dominated on the isolated island continents of South America and Australia, and many went extinct in South America with the introduction of placental mammals. Some well …

Cirrus Ecological Solutions, 2009, Jordan River TMDL: Utah State Division of Water Quality. Earle, S., 2015, Physical geology OER textbook: BC Campus OpenEd. EPA, 2009, Water on …

This chapter discusses the fundamental processes driving mass-wasting, types of mass wasting, examples and lessons learned from famous mass-wasting events, how mass wasting can be …

Composition describes the mineral components found in sediment or sedimentary rock and may be influenced by local geology, like source rock and hydrology. Other than clay, most sediment …

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Sapphirine, biotite, and quartz from Madagascar. Photo from Géry Parent, Wikimedia Commons Mineralogy Second Edition, July 2022, includes significant rewriting and photo replacements …

Maps display geology in the horizontal plane, while cross sections show subsurface geology in the vertical plane. For more information on cross sections, check out the AAPG wiki.