Textbook

This is the on-line textbook I provided my students in the course GEOL 114 - The Earth's Dynamic Interior.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Seismic Waves

Chapter 3 - Earth Structure

Chapter 4 - Density of the Earth

Chapter 5 - Formation of the Planets and Earth

Chapter 6 - Chemical Evolution of the Earth

Chapter 7 - Geologic Time

Chapter 8 - The Core (Core.pdf)

Chapter 9 - Basic Mineralogy (Mineralogy.pdf)

Chapter 10 - The Mantle (Mantle.pdf)

Chapter 11 - Oceanic Crust and Plate Tectonics (Ocean.pdf)

Chapter 12 - Basic Geology (Rocks.pdf)

Chapter 13 - Continental Crust and Mountain Building (Continent.pdf)

Chapter 14 - Earthquakes (Earthquakes.pdf)

Chapter 15 - Volcanoes (Volcanoes.pdf)