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245 0 0 _aPhysical Geology
_cKarla Panchuk
250 _aFirst University of Saskatchewan Edition
264 2 _bOpen Textbook Library
264 1 _bUniversity of Saskatchewan
300 _a1 online resource
490 0 _aOpen textbook library.
505 0 _aChapter 1. Introduction to Geology -- Chapter 2. The Origin of Earth and the Solar System -- Chapter 3. Earth's Interior -- Chapter 4. Plate Tectonics -- Chapter 5. Minerals -- Chapter 6. The Rock Cycle -- Chapter 7. Igneous Rocks -- Chapter 8. Weathering, Sediment, and Soil -- Chapter 9. Sedimentary Rocks -- Chapter 10. Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks -- Chapter 11. Volcanism -- Chapter 12. Earthquakes -- Chapter 13. Geological Structures and Mountain Building -- Chapter 14. Streams and Floods -- Chapter 15. Mass Wasting -- Chapter 16. Earth-System Change -- Chapter 17. Glaciation -- Chapter 18. Geological Resources -- Chapter 19. Measuring Geological Time
520 0 _aPhysical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada. It is adapted from "Physical Geology" written by Steven Earle for the BCcampus Open Textbook Program.
542 1 _fAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource
650 0 _aEarth Sciences
_vTextbooks
700 1 _aPanchuk, Karla
_eauthor
710 2 _aOpen Textbook Library
_edistributor
856 4 0 _uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/799
_zAccess online version
999 _c20142
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