Table of Contents

Geologic Processes
Outline
Geologic Time Scale
Geologic Time Scale (con't)
Connections
Composition of the Earth
Earth's Crust
Plate Tectonics
Plate boundaries
Why are we interested in Plate Tectonics?
Rock Cycle
Connections: Geosphere/Biosphere
Surficial Geologic Processes
Weathering Definition
Weathering Processes
Soil Formation and Weathering
What is Soil?
Substrate Examples
Erosion
Transportation
Mass-Wasting
Deposition
Why are we interested in surficial processes?
Summary