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GEOS: A Physical Geology Lab Manual for California Community Colleges

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Week 1: January 3rd-10th

Go to Week 1 Module or quicklink to one of the chapter modules below.

This week, we'll be covering the following chapters:

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Geosciences
Chapter 2: Imagery and Maps in the Geosciences
Chapter 4: The Internal Earth
Chapter 5: Plate Tectonics

Don't forget to complete your Course Survey and Week 1 Discussion!

The western hemisphere, North and South America, from space. (Public Domain; Reto Stöckli for NASA)

1: Intro to Geosciences

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California from space. (CC-BY 2.0; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

2: Imagery and Maps

Go to Chapter 2

Benitoite, Neptunite, and Natrolite in a white rock. (CC-BY 4.0; Chloe Branciforte)

3: Minerals

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A cross-section of Earth, illustrating the different layers. Moving from the exterior towards Earth’s center: The lithosphere includes the crust and upper mantle, the asthenosphere, lower mantle, outer core, and inner core. (CC-BY 4.0; Chloe Branciforte)

4: The Internal Earth

Go to Chapter 4

A map illustrating the major tectonic plates of Earth. (Public Domain; USGS)

5: Plate Tectonics

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Surface rupture in Searles Valley, California. (Public Domain; USGS)

6: Earthquakes

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Cartoon of an igneous rock. (CC-BY 4.0; Emily Haddad)

7: Igneous Rocks

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Eruption column visible above the Lassen Peak Volcano. (Public Domain; USGS)

8: Volcanoes

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Stream on the Glen Aulin trail in Yosemite National Park. (CC-BY 2.0; Angela Savin)

9: Surface Water

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Aerial photo of the Mud Creek landslide near Big Sur, California. (Public Domain; USGS)

10: Landslides & Mass Wasting

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Cartoon of a sedimentary rock. (CC-BY 4.0; Emily Haddad)

11: Sedimentary Rocks

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Curtains of orange drapery formations in Hurricane Crawl Cave in the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. (Public Domain; NPS)

12: Groundwater

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Cartoon of a metamorphic rock. (CC-BY 4.0; Emily Haddad)

13: Metamorphic Rocks

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Sedimentary layers bent into a smile (U) shape. (Public Domain; Mark Wilson)

14: Geologic Time

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Normal fault cutting through tuff in Shoshone, CA. (CC-BY-SA 2.0; Penny Higgins)

15: Geologic Structures

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Map illustrating the geology of the Bay Area. (Public Domain; USGS)

16: Geologic Maps

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Coastal view of the Point Arena-Stornetta unit of the California Coastal National Monument. (Public Domain; Bob Wick/BLM)

17: Coasts

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View of the Panamints across the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park. (CC-BY 4.0; Emily Haddad)

18: Deserts

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Ground image of the Palisade Glacier and Mount Sill. (CC-BY-SA 2.0; Dave Ciskowski)

19: Glaciers

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Geologic time moves from left to right, with the present being to the far right. Glacial periods and cold climate in blue. Hot house and warmer climate in red. (CC-BY-SA 3.0; Global Warming Art)

20: Climate Change

Go to Chapter 20

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