Introduction to Geology - Classroom Mini-Lecture Slide Videos - CCSF

Produced by Katryn Wiese, Earth Sciences Department, City College of San Francisco

Origin and Nature of Earth Lecture Series:

Lecture #0 – What is Science?: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/WhatIsScience/WhatIsScience.html

Lecture #1 – Formation of Earth: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/EarthFormation/EarthFormation.html

Lecture #2 – Chronologic Dating the Earth: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/RadiometricDating/RadiometricDating.html

Lecture #3 – Density and the Earth: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Density/Density.html

Lecture #4 – Young Earth: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/EarlyEarth/EarlyEarth.html

Lecture #5 – Life on Earth: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/LifeOnEarth/LifeOnEarth.html

Geography and Maps Lecture Series:

Lecture #6 –Earth the Water World: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/WaterPlanet/WaterPlanet.html

Lecture #7 –Latitude and Longitude: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/LatLong/LatLong.html

Plate Tectonics and Seafloors Lecture Series:

Lecture #8 – Earth’s Layers and Isostasy: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/EarthLayersIsostasy/EarthLayersIsostasy.html

Lecture #9 – Plate Tectonics Basics: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/PlateTectonicsBasics/PlateTectonicsBasics.html

Lecture #10 – Plate Tectonics Global Effects: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/PTGlobal/PTGlobal.html

Lecture #11 – Plate Tectonics of California: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/PT_CA_Geology/PT_CA_Geology.html

Lecture #12 – Hotspots: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Hotspots/Hotspots.html

Lecture #13 – Seafloor Spreading and Hotspots: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/HotspotCoincidenceSpreading/HotspotCoincidenceSpreading.html

Lecture #14 – Paleomagnetism: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Paleomagnetism/Paleomagnetism.html

Lecture #15 – Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/HydrothermalVents/HydrothermalVents.html

Lecture #16 – Seafloor Features and Landforms https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/SeafloorFeaturesLandforms/SeafloorFeaturesLandforms.html

Lecture #17 - Marine Sediments https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/OceanSediments/OceanSediments.html

Minerals and Rocks Series:

Lecture #18 – The Rock Cycle: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/RockCycle/RockCycle.html

Lecture #19 – Mineral Chemistry and Structure: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/InsideMinerals/InsideMinerals.html

Lecture #20 –Mineral Identification: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Minerals/Minerals.html

Lecture #21 – Igneous Rocks: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/IgneousRocks/IgneousRocks.html

Lecture #22 – Igneous Intrusions/Plutons: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Plutons/Plutons.html

Lecture #23 – Magma Properties: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/MagmaViscosity/MagmaViscosity.html

Lecture #24 – Volcanism: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Volcanoes/Volcanoes.html

Lecture #25 – Weathering and Sedimentation: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/WeatheringSedimentation/WeatheringSedimentation.html

Lecture #26 – Sedimentary Rocks: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/SedimentaryRocks/SedimentaryRocks.html

Lecture #27 – Metamorphism: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Metamorphism/Metamorphism.html

Lecture #28 – Metamorphic Rocks: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/MetamorphicRocks/MetamorphicRocks.html

Geologic Time and Dating of Rocks:

Lecture #29 – Relative Dating: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/RelativeDating/RelativeDating.html

Lecture #30 – Radioactive Decay: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/RadioactiveDecay/RadioactiveDecay.html

Lecture #31 – Absolute Dating: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/RadiometricDating/RadiometricDating.html

Mountain Building, Earthquakes and Structural Geology:

Lecture #32 – Mountain Building: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Mountains/Mountains.html

Lecture #33 – Earthquakes: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Earthquakes/Earthquakes.html

Lecture #34 – Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/JourneyCenterEarth/JourneyCenterEarth.html

Lecture #35 – Structure Basics – Determining Attitude: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Attitudes/Attitudes.html

Lecture #36 – Folds and Faults: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/FoldsFaults/FoldsFaults.html

Running Water, Mass Wasting, and Ice Series:

Lecture #37 – Rivers: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Rivers/Rivers.html

Lecture #38 – Mass Wasting: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/MassMovement/MassMovement.html

Lecture #39 – Groundwater: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/geology.html#groundwater

Lecture #40 – Glaciers: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Glaciers/Glaciers.html

Shorelines and Coastal Waters Lecture Series:

Lecture #41 – Coastlines: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Coastlines/Coastlines.html

Lecture #42 – Beaches and Sand Movement: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Beaches/Beaches.html

Lecture #43 – Estuaries: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/EstuarineMixing/EstuarineMixing.html

Pollution and Climate Change Lecture Series:

Lecture #44 – Marine Environmental Challenges: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/Environment/Environment.html

Lecture #45 – Ocean Mixing and Pollution: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/OceanMixingPollution/OceanMixingPollution.html

Lecture #46 – Sea Level and Climate Change: https://fog.ccsf.edu/~kwiese/content/Classes/SeaLevelClimateChange/SeaLevelClimateChange.html

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