Geology 300: Physical Geology

Instructor: Arthur Reed, P.G.

Below are links to supplemental lectures on geology topics.

These are intended to aid in your understanding of the subjects presented in this course.

30 min. lectures on the following areas:

· 01 Origin of the Universe

· 02 Origin of the Solar System

· 03 Continental Drift

· 04 Plate Tectonics

· 05 Formation of Minerals

· 06 Classification of Minerals

· 07 Identification of Minerals

· 08 Kinds of Rocks

· 09 Sedimentary Rocks

· 10 Metamorphic Rocks

· 11 Volcanic Activity

· 12 Phases of Volcanic Activity

· 13 Hawaiian Islands and Yellowstone Park

· 14 Mass Wasting – Gravity at Work

· 15 Mass Wasting Processes

· 16 Weathering

· 17 Soils and Clay Minerals

· 18 Climate and Type of Soils

· 19 Streams – The Major Agent of Erosion

· 20 Sculpting the Landscape

· 21 Stream Erosion in Arid Regions

· 22 Ice Sculpts the Final Scene

· 23 Groundwater

· 24 Production of Groundwater

· 25 Karst Topography

· 26 Groundwater Contamination

· 27 Rock Deformation

· 28 Geologic Structures

· 29 Faults and Joints

· 30 Earthquakes

· 31 Damage from Earthquakes

· 32 Seismology

· 33 Formation of Mountains

· 34 Orogenic Styles

· 35 Economic Geology of Coal

· 36 Economic Geology of Petroleum