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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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Atlas of Natural Wonders
by Rupert O. Matthews
from Weekly Reader
for 9th-Adult
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Charlie and Trike in the Grand Canyon Adventure
Green Notebook Series
by Ken Ham, Karen Hansel
from Master Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$14.39 $9.00 (1 in stock)
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)
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)
Explore Rocks and Minerals!
by Cynthia Light Brown and Nick Brown
from Nomad Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Eye Wonder: Rocks & Minerals
by Caroline Bingham
1st edition from DK Publishing
for 1st-4th Grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$3.50 (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)
Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals
Peterson Field Guide Series
by Frederick H. Pough
3rd edition from Houghton Mifflin
for 7th-12th grade
in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Flood by Design
by Michael Oard
from Master Books
for 8th-12th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$13.59 $9.00 (1 in stock)
Focus On Elementary Geology - Teacher's Manual
by Rebecca W. Keller
3rd edition from Gravitas Publications, Inc.
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Real Science-4-Kids (Location: SCICUR-RS4K)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
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)
General Science 1 - Teacher Guide
from Master Books
for 7th-12th grade
in Master Books Science (Location: SCICUR-MB)
$21.59 $17.50 (1 in stock)
Geology
from St. Martin's Press
for 5th-8th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
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)
Golden Guide: Rocks and Minerals
from Golden Press
for 2nd-7th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
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
1973 Printing from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in How and Why Wonder Books (Location: VIN-H&W)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
How Mountains Are Made
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 2
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$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)
Map That Changed the World
by Simon Winchester
1st edition from HarperCollins
for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$10.00 (2 in stock)
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)
Rock Grows Up
by Randi & Michael Goodrich
from GeoQuest Publications
for 1st-4th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Rocks & Minerals Grades K-3
by Toni Albert
from Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
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 and Minerals
National Geographic Kids Level 2
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
from National Geographic
for 1st-2nd grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
Rocks, Rivers and the Changing Earth
by Herman and Nina Schneider, illustrated by Edwin Herron
from Hillside Education
for 2nd-4th grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$10.00 (2 in stock)
Sand to Stone and Back Again
by Nancy Bo Flood, photography by Tony Kuyper
from Fulcrum Publishing
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Geology (Rocks & Minerals) (Location: SCI-GEO)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
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)
True Book: Volcanoes
A True Book
by Elaine Landau
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-5th grade
$3.00 (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
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 2
by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by Marc Simont
from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
$3.00 (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
by Seymour Simon
from Smithsonian Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
$4.00 (2 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)
Volcanoes: Run For Your Life!
Scholastic Discover More Readers Level 3
by Laaren Brown
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$0.00 (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)
Why the Earth Quakes
by Julian May, illustrated by Julian Everett Fisher
from Holiday House
for 1st-3rd grade
in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$12.00 (1 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)
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