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Geology (from the Greek ge = earth and logos = word or reason) is the science and study of the Earth, its composition, structure, physical properties, history and the processes that shape it. It is one of the Earth sciences. Geologists have determined that the Earth's lithosphere, which includes the crust, is fragmented into tectonic plates that move over a rheic upper mantle (asthenosphere) via processes that are collectively referred to as plate tectonics.

Geologists help locate and manage the earth's natural resources, such as petroleum and coal, as well as metals such as iron, copper, and uranium. Additional economic interests include gemstones and many minerals such as asbestos, perlite, mica, phosphates, zeolites, clay, pumice, quartz, and silica, as well as elements such as sulphur, chlorine, and helium.

Astrogeology refers to the application of geologic principles to other bodies of the solar system. However, specialised terms such as selenology (studies of the Moon), areology (of Mars), etc., are also in use.

The word "geology" was first used by Jean-André Deluc in the year 1778 and introduced as a fixed term by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure in the year 1779. An older meaning of the word was first used by Richard de Bury. He used it to distinguish between earthly and theological jurisprudence.

Topography is the study ofa planet's geologicalsurface features. In a broader sense, topography is concerned with local detail in general, including not only relief but also vegetative and human-made features, and even local history and culture. This meaning is less common in America, where topographic maps with elevation contours have made "topography" synonymous with relief. The older sense of topography as the study of place still has currency in Europe.

Seismology (from the Greek seismos = earthquake and logos = word) is the scientific study of earthquakes and the movement of waves through the Earth. The field also includes studies of variants such as seaquakes, as well as causes such as volcanoes and tectonic plates.
(You can learn more about these scientific disciplines by reading the following articles on Wikipedia: Geology and Seismology.)

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101 Super Simple Science Experiments
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
Album of Rocks & Minerals
by Tom McGowen, illustrated by Rod Ruth
from Rand McNally
for 4th-6th grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
All About Our Changing Rocks
All About Books #12
by Anne Terry White
from Random House
for 3rd-6th grade
in All About Books (Location: VIN-ALL)
All About the Planet Earth
All About Books #46
by Patricia Lauber, illustrated by Lee Ames
from Random House
for 3rd-6th grade
in All About Books (Location: VIN-ALL)
All About Volcanoes & Earthquakes
All About Books #4
by Frederick H. Pough
from Random House
for 3rd-6th grade
in All About Books (Location: VIN-ALL)
Cave Book
Wonders of Creation Series
by Emil Silvestru
from Master Books
for 4th-10th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$15.19
Classical Acts and Facts Science Cards - Biology & Geology (old)
from Classical Conversations
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Clearance: Science & Health (Location: ZCLE-SCI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Classical Acts and Facts Science Cards: Living on the Planet
2nd edition from Classical Conversations
for Kindergarten-8th grade
in Classical Acts & Facts Cards (Location: HISCUR-CC)
$23.99
Earthquake at Dawn
by Kristiana Gregory
from Gulliver Books
Historical Fiction for 5th-8th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Earthquakes
by Trudi Strain Trueit
from Franklin Watts
for 3rd-6th grade
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Eyes on Adventure: Exploring Natural Disasters
Eyes on Adventure
by Stella Sands
from KidsBooks, Inc.
for 4th-6th grade
$2.00 (2 in stock)
Focus On Middle School Geology - Laboratory Workbook
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for 5th-8th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
Focus On Middle School Geology - Package
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for 5th-8th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
Focus On Middle School Geology - Student Textbook (old)
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for 5th-8th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (old editions) (Location: OSCI-RS4K)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Focus On Middle School Geology - Teacher's Manual (old)
by Rebecca W. Keller
from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for 5th-8th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
Geology
from St. Martin's Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Geology Book
Wonders of Creation Series
by John D. Morris
from Master Books
for 4th-10th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$15.19
Geology Rocks!
by Cindy Blobaum
from Williamson Publishing Company
for 1st-7th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$7.50 (2 in stock)
God's Design for Heaven & Earth - Student Book
by Debbie & Richard Lawrence
Master Books Edition from Master Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Master Books God's Design (Location: SCICUR-MB)
$43.19
God's Design for Heaven & Earth - Teacher Guide
by Debbie & Richard Lawrence
Master Books Edition from Master Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Master Books God's Design (Location: SCICUR-MB)
$34.39
Golden Guide: Rocks and Minerals
from Golden Press
for 2nd-7th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Grand Canyon
by Tom Vail
from Master Books
for 5th-Adult
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$13.59
Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
from kahoku Shimpo Publishing Co
for 1st-Adult
in Japan (Location: HISMC-JAP)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
How and Why Wonder Book of Rocks and Minerals
by Nelson W. Hyler
for 3rd-6th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
How and Why Wonder Book of Rocks and Minerals
by Nelson W. Hyler
1973 Printing from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in How and Why Wonder Books (Location: VIN-H&W)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Janice VanCleave's Rocks and Minerals
by Janice VanCleave
1st edition from Wiley-Interscience
for 4th-6th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Janice VanCleave's Volcanoes
Janice VanCleave's Science
by Janice VanCleave
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Madam How and Lady Why
by Charles Kingsley
from Yesterday's Classics
for 4th-8th grade
in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS)
$14.95
Madam How and Lady Why
by Charles Kingsley
from Living Book Press
for 4th-8th grade
in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS)
$10.99
Meteors and Meteorites
by David C. Knight
from Franklin Watts
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Milliken: Geology - Rocks and Minerals
from Milliken Publishing
for 5th-9th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
Mineral Book
by David McQueen
from Master Books
for 4th-10th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$15.19
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for 4th-Adult
in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: NAT-FIELD)
$25.95
Peterson First Guide to Rocks and Minerals
by Frederick H. Pough
from Houghton Mifflin
for 5th-8th grade
in Field Guides & Nature Handbooks (Location: NAT-FIELD)
$7.95
Real Book About Gold
by Harold Coy
from Garden City Books
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
Rock is Lively
by Dianna Hutts Aston
from Chronicle Books
for 2nd-6th grade
in Nature Study (Location: NAT-GEN)
$8.99
Rock is Lively
by Dianna Hutts Aston
First Edition from Chronicle Books
for 2nd-6th grade
in Nature Study (Location: NAT-GEN)
$16.99
Rocks All Around Us
by Anne Terry White, illustrated by Evelyn Urbanowich
from Random House
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Rocks, Minerals & Gems
by Sean Callery and Miranda Smith
from Scholastic Press
for 4th-8th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$19.99
Smithsonian Natural History
2nd edition from DK Publishing
for 6th-Adult
in Nature Study (Location: NAT-GEN)
$50.00
There's Adventure in Geology
by Julian May, illustrated by Robert Borja
from Popular Mechanics Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$24.00 (1 in stock)
Usborne Rocks & Minerals Sticker Book
from Usborne
for 3rd-7th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Volcano
by Patricia Lauber
from Trumpet Club
for 4th-8th grade
$3.00 (2 in stock)
Volcano
by Patricia Lauber
from Simon and Schuster
for 3rd-6th grade
1987 Newbery Honor Book
$9.99 $6.00 (4 in stock)
Volcano
by Patricia Lauber
from Bradbury Press
for 4th-7th grade
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Volcano!!
by Scott C.S. Stone
from Island Heritage Publishing
for 3rd-6th grade
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Volcanoes
by Phillippe Bourseiller
from Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
for 4th-Adult
in Oversized Science Books (Location: SCI-OVER)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Volcanoes & Earthquakes
by Dr. Eldridge M. Moores, consulting editor
from Barnes & Noble
for 3rd-6th grade
in Oversized Science Books (Location: SCI-OVER)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
What Was Pompeii?
by Jim O'Connor
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 2nd-6th grade
in Ancient Rome (Location: HISW-ANRO)
$4.00 (2 in stock)
You and the Earth Beneath Us
by Julian May, illustrated by Beth Wilson
from Children's Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Your Guide to Zion and Bryce Canyon (True North)
by Dennis Bokovoy, John Hergenrather, Mike Oard, Tom Vail
Spi from Master Books
for ages 10 and up
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$12.79
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