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# Geology Educational Resources

## (Free) Online and Downloadable Geology Textbook Resources

1. [Physical Geology 2nd ed](https://opentextbc.ca/physicalgeology2ed/) UnivBC
2. [Introduction to Geology](https://slcc.pressbooks.pub/introgeology/) Salt Lake Community College
- Can also be found [here](https://opengeology.org/) 
3. [Introduction to Earth Science](https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/b8fa13cc-b65a-48ec-904b-d83f9e66d148) (Virginia Tech)
4. [Physical Geology](https://openpress.usask.ca/physicalgeology/) (First University of Saskatchewan Edition)
Adapted from Physical Geology [1, above] written by Steven Earle for the BCcampus Open Textbook Project
- Related [Physical Geology Workbook](https://ung.edu/university-press/books/laboratory-manual-for-introductory-geology.php)
5. [Principles of Earth Science](https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/earthscience/) OpenOrgegon Educational Resources
6. Physical Geology [Lab Book](https://viva.pressbooks.pub/physicalgeologylab/)


## UC Davis Geoscience Texts 
- [LibreTexts Geoscience](https://geo.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_California_Davis)
- GEL 56 [Introduction to Geophysics](https://geo.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_California_Davis/GEL_056%3A_Introduction_to_Geophysics)
    - [Erosion Profile Jupyter Notebook](https://geo.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_California_Davis/GEL_056%3A_Introduction_to_Geophysics/Geophysics_is_everywhere_in_geology.../02%3A_Diffusion_and_Darcy's_Law/2.04%3A_Erosion_Profile_Jupyter_Notebook)
    - [Darcy's Flow in a Porous Medium](https://geo.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_California_Davis/GEL_056%3A_Introduction_to_Geophysics/Geophysics_is_everywhere_in_geology.../02%3A_Diffusion_and_Darcy's_Law/2.05%3A_Darcy's_Law_-_Flow_in_a_Porous_Medium)


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## OpenGeology Geology Textbooks
Free [Open Educational Resources for the Geosciences](https://opengeology.org/).
- [Introduction to Geology](https://opengeology.org/textbook/)
- [Historical Geology](https://opengeology.org/historicalgeology/)  (has a nice chapter on stratigraphy)
- [Introduction to Mineralogy](https://opengeology.org/Mineralogy/)
- [Introduction to Petrology](https://opengeology.org/petrology/)


## Physical Geology Textbooks
Not free, but good ones (in my opinion)


## Libre Texts: Geosciences
- [Geology](https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geology). Includes mineralogy, geologic structures, lab activities for physical geology, etc.


## Rock and Mineral Properties & Information
- [Sandatlas](https://www.sandatlas.org/)
- [Alex Strekeisen](https://www.alexstrekeisen.it/english/index.php)
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## Geological Surveys
- [United States Geological Survey](https://www.usgs.gov/)
### State Geological Surveys
- [California Geological Survey](https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/)
- [Arizona Geological Survey](https://azgs.arizona.edu/)
- [Wyoming Geological Survey](https://www.wsgs.wyo.gov/)
- [Colorado Geological Survey](https://coloradogeologicalsurvey.org/)


## Geologists Online
- [Shawn Willsey](https://www.youtube.com/@shawnwillsey)
- [Myron Cook](https://www.youtube.com/@myroncook)
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## Structural Geology
- https://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/structure/learnstructure/index.htm
- https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/12-113-structural-geology-fall-2005/
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