Physical Geology
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Physical Geology Course Outline
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Minerals
Intrusive Igneous Rocks
Volcanism
Weathering and Soil
Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
Measuring Geological Time
The Earth's Interior
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Geological Structures
Streams and Floods
Ground Water
Mass Wasting
Glaciation
Shorelines
The Geology of the Oceans
Climate Change
Geological Resources
The Geological History of Western Canada
The Origin of Earth and the Solar System
About the book
Physical Geology
This book was born out of a 2014 meeting of earth science educators representing most of the universities and colleges in British Columbia, and nurtured by a widely shared frustration that many students are not thriving in our courses because textbooks have become too expensive for them to buy.
About the authors:
Senior Contributing Author, Steven Earle
Steven Earle was born in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. He earned a BSc in geology from the University of British Columbia in 1975 and a PhD in geochemistry from Imperial College (London University) in 1982. He worked as a geologist and geochemist in the mineral exploration industry in western Canada from 1978 to 2000. For 20 years he developed and taught a wide range of earth science courses at Vancouver Island University. He currently designs and teaches distance courses for Thompson Rivers University (Open Learning), and also helps to grow food and drive the Community Bus on Gabriola Island. He maintains that the best way to see rocks is from a kayak.
