0. Contents and introduction

0.1Contents
0.2Introduction

1. Minerals and rocks

1.1Minerals
1.2Silicate minerals
1.3Rocks
1.4Igneous rocks
1.5Sedimentary rocks
1.6Metamorphic rocks

2. Erosion and deposition

2.1Mechanical weathering and erosion
2.2Chemical weathering
2.3Glaciers
2.4Deserts
2.5Volcanic ash
2.6Soils and paleosols
2.7Rivers
2.8Deltas
2.9Lakes
2.10Peat and coal
2.11Nearshore sediments
2.12Marine sediments
2.13Turbidites
2.14Reefs
2.15Ooids and oolite
2.16Calcareous ooze
2.17Siliceous ooze
2.18Pelagic clay
2.19Deposition rates
2.20Glacial marine sediment
2.21Saline giants
2.22Banded iron formations

3. Plate tectonics

3.1Physical properties of rocks
3.2Seismic waves
3.3The structure of the Earth
3.4Geomagnetic reversals
3.5Plate tectonics: overview
3.6Continental drift
3.7Sea floor spreading
3.8Subduction
3.9Hotspots
3.10Terranes
3.11Ophiolites
3.12Orogeny

4. Stratigraphy

4.1Actualism
4.2Steno's principles
4.3Way-up structures
4.4Fossils
4.5The principle of faunal succession
4.6Index fossils
4.7The geological column
4.8Unconformities
4.9Faults
4.10Folds
4.11Walther's principle
4.12Cross-cutting relationships
4.13Igneous rocks and stratigraphy

5. Absolute dating

5.1Concepts in absolute dating
5.2Erosion, deposition, and time
5.3Dendrochronology
5.4Varves
5.5Amino acid dating
5.6Radioactive decay
5.7K-Ar dating
5.8Ar-Ar dating
5.9Rb-Sr dating
5.10Other isochron methods
5.11U-Pb, Pb-Pb, and fission track dating
5.12Radiocarbon dating
5.13Cosmogenic surface dating
5.14U-Th, U-Pa, and Ra-Pb dating
5.15Paleomagnetic dating
5.16Sclerochronology
5.17Tidal rhythmites and dating
5.18Fossils and absolute dating
5.19Absolute dating: an overview

6. Paleoclimatology

6.1Paleoclimatology: introduction
6.2Sediments and climate
6.3Paleocurrents
6.4Biogeography and climate
6.5Leaf shape and temperature
6.6Dendroclimatology
6.7Scleroclimatology
6.8Uk'37
6.9TEX86
6.10Ice cores
6.11Milankovitch cycles
6.12Climate models
6.13Ice ages
6.14Sea level variations

Appendices

AGlossary and index
BBibliography
CChemistry for geologists

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