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Contents of 1.1 Modern Geologists

1.1 What is geology?

• The classic divisions
• Historical Geology
• Physical Geology - (the subject of this text) arose from study of landforms and how they came to be.
• Today, geology touches on many other sciences
• The realms of modern geologists: geochemistry, geophysics, paleontology, planetary geology, geomorphology, mineralogy, petrology, stratigraphy, structural geology, hydrogeology and hydrology, resource/energy geology, environmental geology