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Geologic Time

Surface Processes I
Weathering and Erosion (Chapters 5, 18 + 19) 


Weathering 
abrasion, acid rain-1, acid rain-2,  angles of repose (example), biological effect: lichen and trees, chemical weathering,  desert varnish,  differential weathering, exfoliation (examples: Coquihalla and Half Dome), frost wedging, mechanical weathering, oxidation, regolith,  soil profile (example), soil types, spheroidal weathering, talus, ventifact, ventifact - strange 

Erosion 
alluvial fan, desert pavement, dune migration (diagram), loess

Mass Wasting
creep-fence, creep-trees, debris avalanche,  deflation, landslide, Hope Slide, rock slide, scarp, scarp - diagram, slump, solifluction or frost creep (example)
Prevention: debris flow barrier, retaining wall-1, retaining wall-2, retaining wall-3, chain-linked fencing, rock and chain, shotcrete, rock bolts, terracing,  slope stabilization methods (chart)  

Surface Processes II
Running Water (Chapter 14) & Ground Water (Chapter 15) 


Water Above and Below Ground
alluvial fan, aquifer, bedload, caprock, cone of depression, confined aquifer, delta, deposition, deposition-stream, discharge, downcutting, flashflood (before and after), floodplain, floodplain terrace, graded bedding, gradient, groundwater, hoodoo, impermeable, meander formation, meander, meander-entrenched, mesa, mesa and rills, oxbow formation, oxbows, perched water tables, permeability, permeable vs porous, permeable vs impermeable, porosity, potholes, river profile, saltation, 
sinkholes, solution, solution pits, sorting, stream load, stream-parts, suspension, V-shaped valley, water flow, water table, zone of aeration, zone of saturation 

Surface Processes III
Glaciers (Chapter 17) 


Erosion by Ice  
glacial valley, horn, cirque, cirques & arête, arête & horns, nunataks, snout, erratic-Yellowstone, erratic-Washington, varves, kettle lake, kame terrace, striations, medial moraine, lateral moraines, terminal moraine, till, esker, outwash plain, rockflour, drumlin, calving  v

Comparative Planetology
Inner and Outer Planets (Chapter 22) 


The Solar System 
Asteroid Belt, Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, Dwarf Planets 
Landslides - Earth1, Earth2, Moon, Mars 
Volcanism - Earth, Venus, Mars, Io, Comparison Chart 
Flowing Water - Earth, Mars 
Mudcracks - Earth vs Mars 
Wind - Earth, Mars 
Impact Craters - Mercury, Venus, Earth1, Earth2, Moon, Mars, Asteroids, Jupiter 
Tectonics - Earth, Ganymede 

Minerals


Silicate Minerals:
quartz and varieties of quartz (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), potassium feldspar and plagioclase feldspar, albite (belongs to both feldspar groups), muscovite, biotite, and talc, augite (pyroxene) and hornblende (amphibole), garnet, asbestos, olivine  

Nonsilicate Minerals:
oxides: hematite, limonite, magnetite
sulphides: pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, molybdenite, bornite
carbonates and sulphates: calcite, malachite, azurite, gypsum
native elements, halides and phosphates: graphite, gold, copper, silver, sulfur, halite, fluorite, apatite 

Properties:
hardness, streak, cleavage, effervescence (acid test), fracture, crystal shape, metallic luster, non-metallic luster, color