Exploring Geology: Introductory Laboratory Activities, 1/e
Shannon O'Dunn, Grossmont College
Published November 1988 by Prentice Hall
SUMMARY
This comprehensive lab manual provides a variety of activities involving the practical implementation of geologic principles.
FEATURES
- uses the Grand Canyon as an example for the study of geologic processes.
- includes activities which show how geologic principles are used in finding oil, tracing groundwater movement, locating mineral deposits, developing a harbor, predicting landslides, locating earthquake epicenters, and predicting geologic hazards.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Minerals.
2. Rocks and Their Origins.
3. Aerial Photographs.
4. Fossils and Geologic Time.
5. Topographic Maps.
6. Structural Geology.
7. Geologic Maps.
8. Plate Tectonics.
9. Applied Geology.