Laboratory Manual for Physical Geology

This laboratory manual is written for the freshman-level laboratory course in physical geology. In this lab, students study Earth materials, geologic interpretation of topographic maps, aerial photographs and Earth satellite imagery, structural geology and plate tectonics and related phenomena. With nearly 30 exercises, professors have great flexibility when developing the syllabus for their physical geology lab course. The ease of use, tremendous selection, and tried and true nature of the labs selected have made this lab manual one of the leading selling physical geology lab manuals.Excellent selection of topographic and geologic maps. This lab manual incorporates well produced, easy to read, and varied topographic and geologic maps. The authors have done an excellent job of selecting maps from across North America, helping professors tailor the presentation to their region of the country.Excellent coverage of Earth materials (rocks and minerals). The authors have done an outstanding job of teaching the scientific method, while showing students how to identify rocks and minerals with well-written and well-illustrated exercises.Web Connections. Throughout the text, website listings related to the topic at hand provide students with access to current information and additional resources.A glossary located in the back of the manual allows students to review the important concepts and geologic terms they will encounter in the laboratory. The glossary is particularly useful in those instances where students do not routinely bring their textbooks to the lab or where students are not concurrently enrolled in the lecture course.An instructor's manual to the lab manual can be found on the McGraw-Hill Geosciences Supersite.Customize this lab manual through Primis Online! This title is part of the Primis Online Database: www.mhhe.com/primis/online. Professors can customize it to meet their exact needs and mix and match with other items on Primis Online. Instructors can also choose between two delivery formats: custom printed books (in black and white) or custom eBooks (in color).In this edition wehave tried to consistently use K-feldpsar rather than potassium feldspar and/or orthoclase.The section on 'Map Coordinates and Land Divisions' has been considerably revised and re-written. Additional material includes an introduction to the Universal Transverse Mercator System.The major addition in Part III is a complete re-do of the section dealing with Karst Topography. The exercises remain the same, but the text is improved and expanded.