Richard Harwood's Courses

Physical Geology 101

Physical Geology 101
Reading Material

View from top of Mount Oberon, Wilsons Promontory National Park, Australia

The following is a list of links to reading material from a variety of sources. Use of some of this material is password protected and restricted to use by students currently enrolled in Physical Geology 101. This material may only be used for the purpose of completing the required reading assignments. All copyright laws apply. Electronic copying and distribution of this material is prohibited.

Some of the articles below are password protected on Blackboard. To access this material, login to myBlackHawk. Once into myBlackHawk go to My Courses and click on the Physical Geology course link, then click on the Reading link.


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The following articles are on the Blackboard server and will require a login and password. Once logged in to Blackboard, click on the Physical Geography 101 course, then on the Reading link.

Plate Tectonics

This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics - United States Geological Survey web page

Origin of the Earth

The Evolution of the Universe - Scientific American, October 1994 - Located in Blackboard.
The Earth's Elements - Scientific American, October 1994 - Located in Blackboard.
The Evolution of the Earth - Scientific American, October 1994 - Located in Blackboard.
The Origin of the Universe, Earth, and Life - National Academy of Sciences web page