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Unit 1 6

Text A Cosmic Beginnings 8

Text B Depositional Environment 17

Unit 2 22

Text A Superposition:A Fundamental Law of Geology 24

Text B Plate Tectonics 34

Unit 3 38

Text A Fossi ls to Date Rocks 40

Text B The Most Famous Cambrian Fossils in the World 48

Unit 4 54

Text A Paleomagnetics:A Most Significant Synthesis of Earth Sciences 56

Text B Volcanism 65

Unit 5 70

Text A Plutonism and Metamorphism 72

Text B Deformation of the Earth's Crust:Folding 82

Unit 6 86

Text A Catastrophism and Uniformitarianism 88

Text B Rocks and Rock Cycle 98

Unit 7 102

Text A Geologic Maps 104

Text B Mesozoic Sea-level Changes:An Argument with Exxon Curve 112

Unit 8 116

Text A Humans,the Earth and Geologists 118

Text B Highlights of Fossil Plant Research in Dinosaur Provincial Park 129

Appendix 134

References 150