• The Earth's Exterior
• Geologic Time
• The Earth Today
• History of Physical Geology
• The Earth's Origin
• The Earth's Structure

• Mineral Properties
• The Rock Cycle
• Chemical Composition
• Minerals and Rocks

• Extrusive Rock Types
• Rock Textures
• Intrusive Rock Types
• Intrusive Structures
• How Different Magmas Form
• Igneous Rocks and Plate Tectonics
• Magmatic Differentiation
• Volcanoes and Lavas

• Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
• Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
• Organic Sedimentary Rocks
• Sedimentary Features
• Sedimentary Environments
• How Sedimentary Rocks Form

• Factors Controlling Metamorphism
• Types of Metamorphism
• Metamorphic Rock Types
• Hydrothermal Rocks
• Metamorphism and Plate Tectonics
• Metamorphism Defined

• Interpreting Structures
• Mapping in the Field
• Folding
• Fracturing
• Unconformities
• Geologic Structures Defined
• Tectonic Forces

• Processes of Mechanical Weathering
• Processes of Chemical Weathering
• Soil
• Weathering

• Prevention of Mass Wasting
• Introduction to Mass Wasting
• Mass‐Wasting Controls
• Types of Mass Wasting

• Stream Dynamics
• Stream Erosion
• Sediment Load
• Stream Deposition
• Stream Valleys
• Regional Erosion
• Types of Water Flow

• How Glaciers Develop
• Glacier Movement
• Glacial Erosion
• Glacial Landforms
• Glacial Deposits
• Glaciers in the Past
• Introduction to Glaciation
• Types of Glaciers
• North American Glaciation

• Permeability
• The Water Table
• Streams and Springs
• Effects of Groundwater Flow
• Groundwater Pollution
• Geothermal Energy
• Groundwater and Infiltration
• Porosity

• Beaches
• Shoreline Features
• Tides
• Waves

• Desert Features
• The Effects of Wind
• Distribution and Causes of Deserts

• Monitoring Earthquakes
• Effects of Earthquakes
• Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
• Control and Prediction
• How Earthquakes Form
• Seismic Waves

• The Crust
• The Mantle
• Isostatic Equilibrium
• The Core
• Magnetic Fields
• Geophysics Defined
• Gravity
• Seismic Waves: Methods of Detection
• The Structure of the Earth
• Geothermal Gradients

• Continental Margins
• Ocean Floor Sediments
• Active Continental Margins
• Passive Continental Margins
• Reefs
• Investigative Technologies
• Midoceanic Ridges
• Oceanic Crust

• How Plates Move
• Types of Plate Boundaries
• Why Plates Move
• Mantle Plumes
• Pangaea
• Early Evidence for Plate Tectonics
• Paleomagnetic Evidence
• Sea Floor Evidence

• Features of Mountain Belts
• Types of Mountains
• How Mountains Form
• How Continents Form
• Introduction to Mountains

• Geologic Correlations
• Absolute Age
• A Summary of Earth's History
• Geologic Time Defined
• Relative Time

• Metallic Deposits
• Energy Resources
• Nonmetallic Resources
• Recycling and Conservation
• Resources and Reserves

• Earth's Moon
• Mars
• Jupiter and Saturn
• Introduction to the Solar System
• Mercury
• Venus