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An Introduction to Geology – Free Textbook for College-Level Introductory Geology Courses
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This text is provided to you as an Open Educational Resource which you access online. It is designed to give you a comprehensive introduction to Geology at no or very nominal cost. It contains both written and graphic text material, intra-text links to other internal material which may aid in understanding topics and concepts, intra-text links to the appendices and glossary for tables and definitions of words, and extra-text links to videos and web material that clarifies and augments topics and concepts. Like any new or scientific subject, Geology has its own vocabulary for geological concepts. For you to converse effectively with this text and colleagues in this earth science course, you will use the language of geology, so comprehending these terms is important. Use the intra-text links to the Glossary and other related material freely to gain familiarity with this language.

Faculty who adopt this text for their course should contact the authors at edits@opengeology.org so that the authors can keep faculty users up to date of critical changes.

Subject:
Geology
Physical Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Author:
Cam Mosher
Matthew D. Affolter
Paul Inkenbrandt
Chris Johnson
Date Added:
12/11/2019
Open Geology
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Free Open Educational Resources for the Geosciences. The landing page provides links to three textbooks designed for use with introductory courses in Physical Geology, Historical Geology, and Mineralogy. Content contained within each of these books can be utilized across many related courses. The text is written as much as possible at a high school level. Interactive content and quizzes are sprinkled throughout for a better student experience.

Subject:
Applied Science
Career and Technical Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Geology
Physical Science
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Activity/Lab
Case Study
Diagram/Illustration
Interactive
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Textbook
Author:
Brian Ricketts
Callan Bentley
Cam Mosher
Chris Johnson
Dexter Perkins
Karen Layou
Matthew Affolter
Paul Inkenbrandt
Russ Kohrs
Shelley Jaye
Date Added:
07/30/2020