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Physical Geology课程目录：

Chapter 1 Introduction

--1.1 Introduction

--1.2 The Science of Geology

--1.3 The Development of Geology

--1.4 Earth's Sphere (1)

--1.4 Earth’s Sphere (2)

--1.5 Earth’s Internal Structure

--1.6 Rocks and the Rock Cycle (1)

--1.6 Rocks and the Rock Cycle (2)

Chapter 2 Elements and Minerals

--2.1 Introduction

--2.2 Elements in the Crust

--2.3 Properties of Minerals: Optical Properties

--2.4 Properties of Minerals: Mechanical Properties

--2.5 Mineral Structures

--2.6 How Minerals Are Classified

--2.7 The Silicates

--2.8 Common Silicate Minerals

--2.9 Important Nonsilicate Minerals

--2.10 Rock-forming minerals

Chapter 3 Magmatism and Igneous Rocks

--3.1 Introduction

--3.2 Magmatism

--3.3 Magma

--3.4 Eruption and Extrusive Rocks

--3.5 The Types of Volcanoes

--3.6 Intrusion and Intrusive Rocks

--3.7 Igneous Rocks Textures

--3.8 Bowen's Reaction Series

Chapter 4 Weathering and Erosion

--4.1 What is Weathering and Erosion

--4.2 Physical Weathering

--4.3 Chemical Weathering and Biological Weathering

--4.4 Major Controlling Factors

--4.5 Weathering Products

--4.6 Controls of Soil Formation

--4.7 The Soil Profile

--4.8 Special Weathered Structures

Chapter 5 Exogenic Processes and Sedimentary Rocks

--5.1 Introduction to External Processes

--5.2 External Process

--5.3 Why SedimentaryRocks Are Important

--5.4 Basic Characteristics

--5.5 The Texture of Sedimentary Rocks

--5.6 Sedimentary Structure

--5.7 Common Sedimentary Rocks

--5.8 Sedimentary Rocks Represent Past Environments

Chapter 6 Metamorphic Rocks

--6.1 Metamorphism

--6.2 The Controlling Factors in Metamorphism

--6.3 Texture and Structure of Metamorphic Rocks

--6.4 Major Types of Metamorphism

--6.5 Common Metamorphic Rocks

--6.6 Metamorphic Facies

--6.7 Rock Cycles

Chapter 7 Sea Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics

--7.1 Continental Drift

--7.2 Evidence Used in Support of Hypothesis

--7.3 The Main Idea of Wegener's Theory About Continental Drift

--7.4 The Search for a Mechanism

--7.5 Plate Tectonics

--7.6 The Boundaries of Plates

--7.7 Wilson's Cycle

Chapter 8 Geologic Time and The Earth's Evolution

--8.1 Introduction to Geological Time

--8.2 Relative Time

--8.3 Unconformities

--8.4 Fossils: Evidence of Past Life

--8.5 The History of Dating the Earth

--8.6 Geological Time Scale

Chapter 9 Geological Structures

--9.1 What Causes Rock to Deform?

--9.2 How Do Rocks Deform?

--9.3 Fold

--9.4 Faults and Joints

--9.5 The Evidences of Faults in the Field

--9.6 Geologic Contact Relationships

Chapter 10 Earthquakes and the Earth's Spheres

--10.1 What is an Earthquake?

--10.2 General Concepts and Common Terms

--10.3 Seismic Waves

--10.4 Measuring the Size of an Earthquake

--10.5 Earthquake Distributions and Effects

--10.6 Earthquake and the Earth's Interior

Chapter 11 Mass Wasting

--11.1 The Importance of Mass Wasting

--11.2 Mass Wasting and Influencing Factors

--11.3 Rapid Forms of Mass Wasting

--11.4 Slow Movements

Chapter 12 Rivers and Their Geological Processes

--12.1 Concepts of Hydrologic Cycle and Rivers

--12.2 The Characteristics of Rivers

--12.3 Stretches and Dynamics of River

--12.4 The Erosion of Rivers

--12.5 The Transportation and Sedimentation of Rivers

--12.6 Types of Sedimentary Bodies in Rivers

--12.7 Longitudinal Profile and Base Level

Chapter 13 Groundwater and Its Geological Processes

--13.1 Importance of Groundwater

--13.2 Distribution of Groundwater

--13.3 The Water Table and the Movement of Ground Water

--13.4 Porosity and Permeability

--13.5 Changes in the Groundwater System

--13.6 The Geologic Work of Groundwater

Chapter 14 Wind and Desert

--14.1 Sediment Transportation by Wind

--14.2 Wind Erosion and Erosion Landforms

--14.3 Wind Deposition and Deposition Landforms

--14.4 Dust Storm and Loess Deposits

--14.5 Common Misunderstanding of Desert

--14.6 Desert Distribution Over the Globe

Chapter 15 Glaciers and Glaciation

--15.1 Glaciers and Glaciation

--15.2 Types of Glaciers

--15.3 Glacial Erosion and Related Landforms

--15.4 Glacial Deposition and Related Landforms

--15.5 Glaciation and Global Changes

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