Introduction to Earth Science (Record no. 39432)
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| Original cataloging agency | MnU |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | MnU |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QE1 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Neser, Laura |
| Relator term | author |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Introduction to Earth Science |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Laura Neser |
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| -- | Minneapolis, MN |
| -- | Open Textbook Library |
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| -- | Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, VA |
| -- | Virginia Tech Publishing |
| -- | 2023. |
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| -- | ©2023. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource |
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| -- | text |
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| -- | computer |
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| -- | online resource |
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| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Open textbook library. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Understanding Science -- Plate Tectonics -- Minerals -- Igneous Processes and Volcanoes -- Weathering, Erosion, and Sedimentary Rocks -- Metamorphic Rocks -- Geologic Time -- Earth History -- Crustal Deformation and Earthquakes -- Mass Wasting -- Water -- Coastlines -- Deserts -- Glaciers -- Global Climate Change -- Energy and Mineral Resources -- Origin of the Universe and Our Solar System |
| 520 0# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Introduction to Earth Science is a 530+ page open textbook designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to Earth Science that can be freely accessed online, read offline, printed, or purchased as a print-on-demand book. It is intended for a typical 1000-level university introductory course in the Geosciences, although its contents could be applied to many other related courses. This text includes various important features designed to enhance the student learning experience in introductory Earth Science courses. These include a multitude of high-quality figures and images within each chapter that help to clarify key concepts and are optimized for viewing online. Self-test assessment questions are embedded in each online chapter that help students focus their learning. QR codes are provided for each assessment to allow students using print or PDF versions to easily access the quiz from an internet-capable device of their choice. Adapted from openly-licensed works in geoscience, the sequence of the book differs from mainstream commercial texts in that it has been arranged to present elementary or foundational knowledge regarding rocks and minerals prior to discussion of more complex topics in Earth Science. Unlike prominent commercial texts for Earth Science, this book dedicates an individual chapter to each of the three major rock types, the processes of mass wasting, geological time, Earth history, and the origin of the universe and our solar system. Book content has been further customized to match the Pathways General Education Curriculum at Virginia Tech with a focus on Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for Pathways Concept 4, Reasoning in the Natural Sciences. Are you a professor reviewing or adopting this book for a course? Instructors adopting or reviewing this text are encouraged to record their use on this form: https://bit.ly/interest_intro_earth_science. This helps the book's sponsors to understand this open textbook's impact. |
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| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | In English. |
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| -- | Description based on print resource |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Earth Sciences |
| Form subdivision | Textbooks |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Open Textbook Library |
| Relator term | distributor |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/1264">https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/1264</a> |
| Public note | Access online version |
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