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GE 111 Lecture 01 Introduction To Geology
GE 111 Lecture 01 Introduction To Geology
GE 111 Lecture 01 Introduction To Geology
Leonida
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Weathering/weathering.html
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BRANCHES OF GEOLOGY
PHYSICAL HISTORICAL
GEOLOGY GEOLOGY
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BRANCHES OF GEOLOGY
Examines the
materials comprising
the Earth and the
PHYSICAL processes occurring
on and beneath the
GEOLOGY surface
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BRANCHES OF GEOLOGY
Studies Earth’s origin
and evolution
through time
HISTORICAL
Deals with layered
rock record and GEOLOGY
fossils
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Taal Volcano, Philippines
VOLCANOLOGY PALEONTOLOGY
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Taal Volcano, Philippines
VOLCANOLOGY PALEONTOLOGY
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Candon, Ilocos Sur
STRATIGRAPHY GEOMORPHOLOGY
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Candon, Ilocos Sur
STRATIGRAPHY GEOMORPHOLOGY
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GEOCHRONOLOGY
SEISMOLOGY
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GEOCHRONOLOGY
SEISMOLOGY
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Porphyritic andesite
Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur Native gold with
quartz
PETROLOGY MINERALOGY
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Porphyritic andesite
Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur Native gold with
quartz
PETROLOGY MINERALOGY
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Abraham James Baron Charles
Gottlob Hutton Georges Lyell
Werner Cuvier
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Abraham James Baron Charles
Gottlob Hutton Georges Lyell
Werner Cuvier
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Neptunism
• States that rocks are
materials that have
settled out of a large
primordial ocean
whose level gradually
dropped overtime
Abraham Gottlob
Werner
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Abraham James Baron Charles
Gottlob Hutton Georges Lyell
Werner Cuvier
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Plutonism
• States that the
processes involving
the formation of rocks
is driven by heat
concealed within the
Earth’s interior
James Hutton
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Abraham James Baron Charles
Gottlob Hutton Georges Lyell
Werner Cuvier
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Catastrophism
• States that sudden
worldwide catastrophes
are the agents that alter
Earth’s physical features
over time
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Abraham James Baron Charles
Gottlob Hutton Georges Lyell
Werner Cuvier
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Uniformitarianism
“The present
is the key to
the past.”
James Hutton Charles Lyell
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