This note explains the following topics: Formation of the Element,
Formation of the Solar System and the Chemistry of the Earth, Earth Material,
Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes, Sedimentary Rocks, Fossil Fuel Resources, and
Climate, The Restless Earth, Rock Deformation, Earthquakes and Seismology, The
Earth's Interior, Plate Tectonics, Surface Processes, Groundwater, Stream
Processes and Shore Processes.
This note covers the
following topics: The Solid Earth, Water on the Earth, Glaciers and Ice Ages,
Glaciers and Geography, Ice Ages, Glaciers and the Land, Earthquakes and
Volcanoes, Mountain Building and Crustal Movement, Energy from the Earth, Ocean
Currents and Tides, Basic Properties of the Atmosphere, Atmospheric Circulation
and Weather Systems, Earth in the UniverseThe Solar System, Stars and Galaxies.
A great
variety of processes affect the surface of the Earth. Topics to be covered are
production and movement of surficial materials, soils and soil erosion,
precipitation, streams and lakes, groundwater flow, glaciers and their deposits.