GEOL 110 - Lecture 1
Table of Contents
- Why Study Earth? Intro
- What is Geology?
- Why study Geology?
- How to study the Earth?
- Uniformitarianism
- Plate Tectonics
- Work
- Earth Interacts
- Sources of Energy
- Why study Earth?
- Earth Processes
- Natural Resources
- Earth's Surface - soil
- Earth's Surface - water
- Landforms
- Number One Reason
- 1.1 What is geology?
- 1.1 Classic Divisions
- 1.1 Physical Geology
- 1.1 Modern Geologists
- 1.1 Extremes
- 1.1 Objectives
- 1.1 Processes
- 1.1 Interpret
- 1.1 How do we know?
- 1.2 Scientific Process
- 1.2 Locate Resources
- 1.2 Finding What We Need
- 1.2 Avoiding Hazards
- 1.2 Mapping the Risks
- 1.2 Geologic Studies
- 1.3 Study What's Observable
- 1.3 Scientific Methods
- 1.3 Scientific Methods in Brief
- 1.3 Scientific Methods 1
- 1.3 Scientific Methods 2
- 1.3 Scientific Methods 3
- 1.3 Scientific Methods 4
- 1.3 Scientific Methods 5
- 1.3 The Big Picture
- 1.3 The Law of Gravity
- Natural Phenomena, Laws, Principles
- 1.4 Uniformitarianism
- 1.4 Evidence
- 1.4 Earthquakes
- 1.4 Current Perspectives
- 1.4 Principles
- 1.5 What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
- 1.5 The Plates
- 1.5 Divergent Boundary
- 1.5 Convergent Boundary
- 1.5 Transform Boundary
- 1.5 Hot Spots
- 1.5 Hot Spots - Map
- 1.5 Interaction of Plates
- 1.6 How does work apply to Earth?
- 1.6 Energy
- 1.6 Heat Transfer
- 1.6 Convection - Surface
- 1.6 Convection - Subduction Zones
- 1.6 Potential Energy
- 1.6 Work: Explained
Text and Images from Slide
1.1 What is geology?
Geologists study Earth from one extreme
to the other!
Fig 1.2a