The nature of earth: an introduction to geology

Part 1. Lecture 1. Origin of the universe

Lecture 2. Origin of the solar system

Lecture 3. Continental drift

Lecture 4. Plate tectonics

L:ecture 5. The formation of minerals

Lecture 6. Classification of minerals

Lecture 7. The identification of minerals

Lecture 8. Kinds of rocks

Lecture 9. Sedimentary rocks

Lecture 10. Metamorphic rocks

Lecture 11. Volcanic activity

Lecture 12. Phases of volcanic activity.

Part 2. Lecture 13. Hawaiian Islands and Yellowstone Park

Lecture 14. Mass wasting

gravity at work

Lecture 15. Mass wasting processes

Lecture 16. Weathering

Lecture 17. Soils and the clay minerals

Lecture 18. Climate and the type of soils

Lecture 19. Streams

the major agent of erosion

Lecture 20. Sculpting of the landscape

Lecture 21. Stream erosion in arid regions

Lecture 22. Ice sculpts the final scene

Lecture 23. Groundwater

Lecture 24. The production of groundwater.

Part 3. Lecture 24. Karst topography

Lecture 26. Groundwater contamination

Lecture 27. Rock deformation

Lecture 28. The geologic structures

Lecture 29. Faults and joints

Lecture 30. Earthquakes

Lecture 31. Damage from earthquakes

Lecture 32. Seismology

Lecture 33. The formation of mountains

Lecture 34. Orogenic styles

Lecture 35. Economic geology of coal

Lecture 36. Economic geology of petroleum.