Geology 300: Physical Geology

Instructor: Arthur Reed, P.G.

Links to Geology Exploration Series Short Videos

(by Dr. Christian Shorey)

· 01 Intro to Earth Explorations

· 02 Topographic Maps Overview

· 03 Map Scale

· 04 Latitude and Longitude

· 05 USPLSS (Public Lands Survey System)

· 06 Magnetic Declination

· 07 Contour Lines

· 08 Map Making

· 09 Slope and Bearings

· 10 Compass and Pace

· 11 Topographic Profiles

· 12 Minerals Overview

· 13 Mineral Physical Properties

· 15 Feldspar and Quartz

· 16 Olivine Pyroxene and Amphibole

· 17 Mica and Clays

· 18 Metamorphic Silicates

· 19 Carbonate Minerals

· 20 Oxide Mineral

· 21 Sulfate Minerals

· 22 Sulfide Minerals

· 23 Halide Minerals

· 24 Native Element Minerals Pt. 1

· 25 Native Element Minerals Pt. 2

· 26 Rocks Overview

· 27 Igneous Rocks Overview

· 28 Intrusive Igneous Rocks

· 29 Extrusive Igneous Rocks

· 30 Large Scale Igneous Features

· 31 Sedimentary Rocks Overview

· 32 Chemical Sedimentary Rocks

· 33 Clastic Sedimentary Rocks

· 34 Primary Sedimentary Structures Pt. 1

· 35 Primary Sedimentary Structures Pt. 2

· 36 Secondary Sedimentary Structures

· 37 Depositional Environments

· 38 Metamorphic Rocks Overview

· 39 Pressure and Temperature

· 40 Metamorphic Chemistry 1

· 41 Metamorphic Chemistry 2

· 42 Non-foliated Metamorphics

· 43 Foliated Metamorphics

· 44 Metamorphic Thermodynamics

· 45 Relative Age Dating

· 46 Fossil Success & Mr. Smith

· 47 The Geologic Time Scale

· 48 Absolute Time – Radiometric Dating

· 49 Dating Requirements and Isochrons

· 50 Geologic Dating Methods

· 51 Plate Tectonics 1 – Continental Drift

· 52 Plate Tectonics 2 – Seafloor Spreading

· 53 Plate Tectonics 3 – Evidence

· 54 Plate Tectonics 4 – Mechanisms

· 55 Plate Tectonics 5

· 56 Plate Tectonics 6 – Boundaries

· 57 Earthquake History

· 58 Earthquake Generation

· 59 Earthquake Seismic Waves

· 60 Earthquakes and Earth’s Structure

· Science Yearns to Explain

· Communicating Science Through Storytelling – Shorey’s Stories