Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology

Get a brilliant introduction into a truly fascinating and relevant topic in this course that teaches you the fundamentals of geology.

• By This Professor
• 01: Origin of the Universe
• 02: Origin of the Solar System
• 03: Continental Drift
• 04: Plate Tectonics
• 05: The Formation of Minerals
• 06: Classification of Minerals
• 07: The Identification of Minerals
• 08: Kinds of Rocks
• 09: Sedimentary Rocks
• 10: Metamorphic Rocks
• 11: Volcanic Activity
• 12: Phases of Volcanic Activity
• 13: The Hawaiian Islands and Yellowstone Park
• 14: Mass Wasting-Gravity at Work
• 15: Mass Wasting Processes
• 16: Weathering
• 17: Soils and the Clay Minerals
• 18: Climate and the Type of Soils
• 19: Streams-The Major Agent of Erosion
• 20: Sculpting of the Landscape
• 21: Stream Erosion in Arid Regions
• 22: Ice Sculpts the Final Scene
• 23: Groundwater
• 24: The Production of Groundwater
• 25: Karst Topography
• 26: Groundwater Contamination
• 27: Rock Deformation
• 28: The Geologic Structures
• 29: Faults and Joints
• 30: Earthquakes
• 31: Damage from Earthquakes
• 32: Seismology
• 33: The Formation of Mountains
• 34: Orogenic Styles
• 35: Economic Geology of Coal
• 36: Economic Geology of Petroleum