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Preface
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1.1 The Process of Science
Matthew R. Fisher
1.2 What is Geology?
1.3 Why Study Earth?
1.4 What Do Geologists Do?
1.5 Fundamentals of Plate Tectonics
2.1 The Yellowstone Hotspot
2.2 Is Yellowstone a "Supervolcano"?
2.3 Introduction to the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
2.4 The Original Inhabitants of Yellowstone
Summary
3.1 Starting with a Big Bang
Karla Panchuk
3.2 Forming Planets from the Remnants of Exploding Stars
3.3 How to Build a Solar System
3.4 Earth’s Early History
4.1 Geological Time
4.2 Relative Dating Methods
4.3 The Geological Time Scale
4.4 Dating Rocks Using Fossils
4.5 Isotopic Dating Methods
4.6 Other Dating Methods
4.7 Understanding Geological Time
4.7 A Brief Geologic History of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
5.1 Minerals and Rocks
5.2 Electrons, Protons, Neutrons, and Atoms
5.3 Bonding and Lattices
5.4 Mineral Groups
5.5 Silicate Minerals
5.6 Formation of Minerals
5.7 Mineral Properties
6.1 The Basics of Igneous Rocks
6.2 Magma and Magma Formation
6.3 Crystallization of Magma
6.4 Classification of Igneous Rock
6.5 Intrusive Igneous Bodies
7.1 Mechanical Weathering
7.2 Chemical Weathering
7.3 The Products of Weathering and Erosion
7.4 Weathering and the Formation of Soil
7.6 Weathering and Climate Change
8.1 Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
8.2 Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
8.3 Depositional Environments and Sedimentary Basins
8.4 Sedimentary Structures and Fossils
8.5 Groups, Formations, and Members
9.1 Controls Over Metamorphic Processes
9.2 Classification of Metamorphic Rocks
9.3 Plate Tectonics and Metamorphism
9.4 Regional Metamorphism
9.5 Contact Metamorphism and Hydrothermal Processes
9.6 The Rock Cycle and Review of Minerals and Rocks
10.1 Alfred Wegener: The Father of Plate Tectonics
10.2 Global Geological Models of the Early 20th Century
10.3 Geological Renaissance of the Mid-20th Century
10.4 Plate, Plate Motions, and Plate Boundary Processes
10.5 Mechanisms for Plate Motion
10.6 Earth's Magnetic Field
10.7 Isostasy
11.1 Stress and Strain
11.2 Fracturing and Faulting
11.3 Folding
12.1 What is an Earthquake?
12.2 Measuring Earthquakes
12.3 Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
12.4 The Impacts of Earthquakes
12.5 Forecasting Earthquakes and Minimizing Damage and Casualties
12.6 Understanding Earth Through Seismology
12.7 Monitoring Earthquake Activity in Yellowstone
12.8 The 1959 Hebgen Lake Earthquake
13.1 Plate Tectonics and Volcanism
13.2 Magma Composition and Eruption Style
13.3 Types of Volcanoes
13.4 Products of Volcanic Eruptions and Volcanic Hazards
13.5 Yellowstone Eruptive History and the Typical Eruptions Sequence
13.6 Monitoring Volcanoes and Predicting Eruptions
14.1 The Hydrological Cycle
14.2 Drainage Basins
14.3 Stream Erosion and Deposition
14.4 Stream Types
14.5 Flooding
14.6 Surface Water in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
14.1 Groundwater and Aquifers
14.2 Groundwater Flow
14.3 Groundwater Extraction
14.4 Groundwater Quality
16.1 The Temperature of Earth’s Interior
19.1 What Makes the Climate Change?
19.2 Anthropogenic Climate Change
19.3 Implications of Climate Change
16.1 Glacial Periods in Earth’s History
16.2 How Glaciers Work
16.3 Glacial Erosion
16.4 Glacial Deposition
Glossary
About the Author
Appendix 1: List of Geologically Important Elements and the Periodic Table
Appendix 2: Answers to Review Questions
Appendix 3: Answers to Exercises
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Dynamic Earth Through the Lens of Yellowstone Copyright © 2019 by Steven Earle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.