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