Earth history—Written in the rocks
Magnitude of geologic time
The rock cycle
The continents
Movement along the San Andreas Fault
Reconstructions of Pangaea
Continental rifting Formation of a new ocean basinp
Three types of convergent plate boundaries
Transform plate boundaries
Time scale of magnetic reversals
Most rocks are aggregates of minerals
Color variations in minerals
Common crystal habits
Hardness scales
Cleavage directions exhibited by minerals
Five basic silicate structures
Intrusive versus extrusive igneous rocks
Igneous rock textures
Classification of igneous rocks
Partial melting
Sill exposed in Sinbad country, Utah
Anatomy of a volcano
Cinder cone
Super eruptions at Yellowstone
Earth’s zones of volcanism
Subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate produced the...
Large basalt provinces
Ice breaks rock
Unloading leads to sheeting
The formation of rounded boulders
Rock type influences weathering
Monuments to weathering
lithosphere overlies the weak asthenosphere