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  • Table of Contents
  • 1. Geologic Time
    • 1.1 Welcome!
    • 1.2 Geologic Time Scale
  • 2. Relative Age Dating
    • 2.1 Uniformitarianism
    • 2.2 Three Laws For Relative Dating
  • 3. Absolute Age Dating
    • 3.1 Radioactive Decay
  • 4. Rocks Of North America
    • 4.1 Craton & Platform
  • 5. Yakima River Canyon
    • 5.1 Entrenched Meanders
    • 5.2 Debris Flows
  • 6. Glaciers Of The World
    • 6.1 Continental Vs Alpine Glaciers
    • 6.2 Global Climate Change
  • 7. Glacial Landforms
    • 7.1 Erosional Landforms
    • 7.2 Depositional Landforms
  • 8. Ice Age Floods
    • 8.1 Erosional Landforms
      • 8.1.1 Channeled Scablands8.1.2 What Is A Coulee?8.1.3 Dry Falls8.1.4 Palouse Falls
    • 8.2 Depositional Landforms
      • 8.2.1 Rhythmites8.2.2 Ice-rafted Erratics8.2.3 Wenatchee8.2.4 Giant Current Ripples8.2.5 White Bluffs
  • 9. Crustal Deformation
    • 9.1 Faults
    • 9.2 Folds
  • 10. Earth Interior
    • 10.1 Wegener's Pangea
    • 10.2 Moho & Earth Interior
  • 11. Plate Tectonics
    • 11.1 Global Patterns
    • 11.2 Plate Boundaries
      • 11.2.1 Divergent11.2.2 Convergent11.2.3 Transform
    • 11.3 Hot Spots
  • 12. Volcanoes
    • 12.1 Magma Chemistry
    • 12.2 Igneous Rock Classification
    • 12.3 Styles Of Volcanism
  • 13. San Andreas Fault
    • 13.1 Stress Vs. Strain
  • 14. Earthquakes In Washington
    • 14.1 Deep Slab Quakes
    • 14.2 Shallow Crust
  • 15. West Coast Tectonics
    • 15.1 40-20-0 Ma
  • 16. Columbia River Basalts
    • 16.1 Field Data
    • 16.2 Basalt Columns
    • 16.3 Pillow Basalt
    • 16.4 Petrified Wood
  • 17. Cascades Volcanism
    • 17.1 Cascade Range
  • 18. Olympic Peninsula
    • 18.1 Subduction Complex
  • 19. Exotic Terranes
    • 19.1 Exotic Terranes
  • 20. Kittitas Valley
    • 20.1 Ellensburg Blue Agates

Table Of Contents

  1. 1. Geologic Time
    1. Welcome!
    2. Geologic Time Scale
  2. 2. Relative Age Dating
    1. Uniformitarianism
    2. Three Laws For Relative Dating
  3. 3. Absolute Age Dating
    1. Radioactive Decay
  4. 4. Rocks Of North America
    1. Craton & Platform
  5. 5. Yakima River Canyon
    1. Entrenched Meanders
    2. Debris Flows
  6. 6. Glaciers Of The World
    1. Continental Vs Alpine Glaciers
    2. Global Climate Change
  7. 7. Glacial Landforms
    1. Erosional Landforms
    2. Depositional Landforms
  8. 8. Ice Age Floods
    1. Erosional Landforms
      1. Channeled Scablands
      2. What Is A Coulee?
      3. Dry Falls
      4. Palouse Falls
    2. Depositional Landforms
      1. Rhythmites
      2. Ice-rafted Erratics
      3. Wenatchee
      4. Giant Current Ripples
      5. White Bluffs
  9. 9. Crustal Deformation
    1. Faults
    2. Folds
  10. 10. Earth Interior
    1. Wegener's Pangea
    2. Moho & Earth Interior
  11. 11. Plate Tectonics
    1. Global Patterns
    2. Plate Boundaries
      1. Divergent
      2. Convergent
      3. Transform
    3. Hot Spots
  12. 12. Volcanoes
    1. Magma Chemistry
    2. Igneous Rock Classification
    3. Styles Of Volcanism
  13. 13. San Andreas Fault
    1. Stress Vs. Strain
  14. 14. Earthquakes In Washington
    1. Deep Slab Quakes
    2. Shallow Crust
  15. 15. West Coast Tectonics
    1. 40-20-0 Ma
  16. 16. Columbia River Basalts
    1. Field Data
    2. Basalt Columns
    3. Pillow Basalt
    4. Petrified Wood
  17. 17. Cascades Volcanism
    1. Cascade Range
  18. 18. Olympic Peninsula
    1. Subduction Complex
  19. 19. Exotic Terranes
    1. Exotic Terranes
  20. 20. Kittitas Valley
    1. Ellensburg Blue Agates
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