Introductory Physical Geology, written by an author who has been the instructor of record for this course for approximately two decades and taught it via Face-To-Face, ONLINE, and Hybrid forms of content delivery, is designed to suit the needs of both students and instructors in college and high school. Well-illustrated diagrams and photographs are used extensively to simplify and illustrate concepts. The internet is also invoked to help students easily grasp the content and complement in-class activities. An extensive Test Bank and several ONLINE activities for assignments or homework, enable instructors to evaluate student learning objectives. Having taught this course at 8 different Universities in the United States as the Instructor of Record for almost 2 decades, the author's extensive experience gained during this time is evident in the manner the text and various forms of illustrations are utilized to aid the student learning experience. Additionally, the author brings together the boatload of knowledge, content delivery techniques, and materials that he acquired from having been taught by various instructors of different backgrounds, ethnicities, and expertise at the 5 universities in three different countries where he studied at and graduated from. Adopt this Textbook today!

Contains well-illustrated diagrams and photographs and examples from around the world Concise structure Extensive visual aids and labeled diagrams

Autorentext

Jeff was born near the only phosphate producing mine (Dorowa) in Zimbabwe, hence many local adults worked at that mine. When time came to decide on what major to choose in college, it was no doubt that geology was only option he settled on. Jeff graduated from five different universities in Zimbabwe (1), South Africa (2), and the United States (2). These universities equipped the author with unique ways of dissemination of knowledge, some of which are reflected in this Text. Additionally, Jeff also had a one summer stint in Rennes and Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France, and other destinations across the globe. Consequently, any reader of this Text will encounter a local example or two no matter which part of the globe you are in. Jeff also spent a couple of years working either at mines or on exploration projects targeting various minerals such as gold, platinum-group elements, nickel, and copper, among others. He also worked on abandoned coal mines dealing with abandoned mine drainage issues in the Pittsburgh coal bed in the Appalachian basin, USA. Upon graduation with a PhD, Jeff specialized in clarifying principles of geology to students who typically register for an introductory geology course for the first time in college or in their lives. This textbook is a product of his zeal to simplify geology for such students, enhancing their comprehension of this subject. The author’s goal is that this textbook will be the one of choice for both students and instructors irrespective of one’s location.

Inhalt

Origin of the Universe and Earth's Interior.- Minerals.- Origin of Magma and Igneous Rocks.- Sedimentary Rocks.- Metamorphic Rocks and the Rock Cycle.