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Chapter 1. Introduction to Geology (1st U of S Ed.) Updated 12-02-2019 Get PDF or Read online
Chapter 2. The Origin of Earth and the Solar System (1st U of S Ed.) Updated 12-02-2019 Get PDF or Read online
Chapter 3. Earth’s Interior (1st U of S Ed.) Updated 12-02-2019 Get PDF or Read online
Chapter 4. Plate Tectonics (1st U of S Ed.) Updated 10-01-2019 Get PDF or Read online
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Chapter 13. Geological Structures and Mountain Building (1st U of S Ed.) Updated 12-02-2019 Get PDF or Read online
Chapter 14. Streams and Floods (1st U of S Ed.) Updated 17-1-2019 Get PDF or Read online
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Chapter 16. Earth-System Change (1st U of S Ed.) Updated 10-01-2019. Get PDF or Read online
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Chapter 18. Geological Resources (2nd Adapted Ed.) Updated 1-5-2017 Get PDF or Read online
Chapter 19. Measuring Geological Time (1st U of S Ed.). Updated 10-01-2019 Get PDF or Read online
Links to Chapters in Physical Geology by Steven Earle (2015):
Chapter 18. Geology of the Oceans
Chapter 21. Geological History of Western Canada
Cover image. View of Howe Sound a fjord on the south coast of B.C., Canada. This photo was taken from the South Summit of Stawamus Chief, a granodiorite pluton that is part of the coast mountains of B.C. Source: Joyce M. McBeth (2018) CC BY 4.0.
