On this page you will find several open Geology textbooks along with supplemental material and a few lecture videos.
The purpose of these discipline specific pages is to showcase content that might be of interest to faculty who are considering adopting open educational resources for use in their classes. This list of content is by no means exhaustive. The nature of open educational resources is very collaborative and it is in that spirit that we encourage any comments about the content featured on this page or recommendations of content that are not already listed here.
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GEOSCIENCES LibreTexts library The LibreTexts libraries are supported by the Dept. of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project, the UC Davis Office of the Provost, the US Davis Library, The California State University Affordable Learning Solutions Program, and Merlot. The Geosciences library includes texts, homework exercises, and ancillary materials.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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Evolution of Physical Oceanography -MIT Evolution of Physical Oceanography was created to mark the career of Henry M. Stommel, the leading physical oceanographer of the 20th Century and a longtime MIT faculty member. The authors of the different chapters were asked to describe the evolution of their subject over the history of physical oceanography, and to provide a survey of the state-of-the-art of their subject as of 1980. Many of the chapters in this textbook are still up-to-date descriptions of active scientific fields, and all of them are important historical records. -MIT Instructors: Bruce A. Warren Prof. Carl Wunsch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Use of the MIT OpenCourseWare site and materials is subject to their Creative Commons License and other terms of use. |
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The Open Textbook Library is a collection of open textbooks that features reviews written by professors. A project of the University of Minnesota, The Open Textbook Library provides a review rubric for faculty to use when evaluating textbooks and displays them for the benefit of potential adopters. |
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The B.C. Open Textbook Project is funded by the BC Ministry of Advanced Education, and BCcampus is tasked with managing it. A goal of the Project is to provide flexible and affordable access to higher education resources in B.C. by making available 40 openly-licensed textbooks. These texts will be available for selection by B.C. faculty, and digital versions of the texts will be free of charge to students. For those who prefer a printed copy, this format will also be available on demand for a low cost. -BC Campus |
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MERLOT is a collection of online resources curated by a community of faculty, staff, and students of higher education. This subset of the MERLOT collection features openly licensed textbooks for use by students and faculty. MERLOT allows its users to rate materials and comment on specific resources. |
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USGS Education -United States Geological Survey The United States Geological survey provides impartial information on the health of our ecosystems and environment. USGS monitors, analyzes, and provides scientific understanding about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems. USGS has an interest in supplying educational resources to children, high school students, and college undergraduates. Maps, simulations, and images can all be found in the Education section of the USGS website. Most content on USGS webpages is in the public domain, but not all information, illustrations, or photographs are. Materials under copyright are generally marked as such. Find more information on USGS copyright policies on their policies page.
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The National Map -United States Geological Survey The National Map is easily accessible for display on the Web, as products and services, and as downloadable data. The geographic information available from The National Map includes orthoimagery (aerial photographs), elevation, geographic names, hydrography, boundaries, transportation, structures, and land cover. Other types of geographic information can be added within the viewer or brought in with The National Map data into a Geographic Information System to create specific types of maps or map views. -The National Map Most content on USGS webpages is in the public domain, but not all information, illustrations, or photographs are. Materials under copyright are generally marked as such. Find more information on USGS copyright policies on their policies page.
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College of Earth and Mineral Sciences OER Initiative -Penn State Dense with material including topics on Mineral Engineering, Geography, Geosciences, Engineering, and Meteorology, courseware found on this page represents substantial portions of the resources provided to students who register in participating Penn State classes. These resources are available for reuse by teachers and learners worldwide. Authors: Faculty of College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Pennsylvania State University Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share-Alike 3.0 License.
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This course is an introduction to chemical oceanography. It describes reservoir models and residence time, major ion composition of seawater, inputs to and outputs from the ocean via rivers, the atmosphere, and the sea floor. Biogeochemical cycling within the oceanic water column and sediments, emphasizing the roles played by the formation, transport, and alteration of oceanic particles and the effects that these processes have on seawater composition. Instructors: Dr. Dierdre Toole, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dr. Karen Casciotti, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dr. Meg Tivey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dr. Scott Doney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dr. William Martin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Use of the MIT OpenCourseWare site and materials is subject to their Creative Commons License and other terms of use. |
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USGS Evening Public Lecture Series -United States Geologic Survey The USGS Evening Public Lecture Series events are free and are intended for a general public audience that may not be familiar with geology. Speakers are encouraged to thoroughly explain the subject matter being presented, and to define any words or terms that may be unfamiliar to those not having a background or familiarity with the material being presented. -USGS Most content on USGS webpages is in the public domain, but not all information, illustrations, or photographs are. Materials under copyright are generally marked as such. Find more information on USGS copyright policies on their policies page.
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Video lectures spanning topics including, colliding continents, Cambrian Explosion, volcanoes, environmental science, and seismic activity in Greece. Lecturers: Mike Searle, University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences Paul Smith, University of Oxford, Museum of Natural History David Pyle, University of Oxford, Department of Earth Sciences Most of the content of this page are licensed under a Creative Commons License.
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