Ebook: The geology companion: essentials for understanding the Earth

Introduction -- Minerals -- Rocks -- Geologic principles -- Deep time -- Earth history -- Fossils -- Evolution -- The changing face of the Earth: structure of the Earth, plate tectonics, and mountain building -- The changing face of the Earth: weathering, erosion, and deposition -- Maps -- Acts of God? Earthquakes, volcanoes, and other natural disasters -- Groundwater -- Oceans -- Mineral resources -- Black gold (Texas tea) -- Climate change -- So you want to be a geologist?