Class Notes for Geological Sciences at University of Alabama

Glacial effects o Glaciers are important forces of landsc...

Groundwater is very important o 40% of the Nations public...

Chapter 16 The blue planet o 30% land ...

Glaciers Glaciers o ~2% of worlds water in glaci...

Chapter 14 Where is earths water located? o Fresh w...

Chapter 10 Relative dating o Law of superposition Undeformed sequen...

Chapter 9: Crustal Deformation Structural geology ...

Chapter 6: Pages of Earths Past: Sedimentary Rocks Sedimentary rock...

Metamorphic Rocks Metamorphism o Transition of one rock into anothe...

Earthquakes Historic earthquakes Alabama o Irond...

Volcanoes Volcano o An opening (vent) in the crust...

Chapter 2: Plate Tectonics Early ideas o Insigh...

What is a rock? o Natural not man-made such as concrete ...

What is a science? o Science: the human effort to underst...

Chapter 3 outline o Minerals and why we are interested in...