WARNING!!!!!! THIS ENTIRE SECTION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION! Things are crazy, so I haven't been able to add new information or clean up the existing pages recently. I will try to add animations and movies. If you have any suggestions for additions, please e-mail me at hdodson@ucsd.edu.

You can navigate the Geology web pages by either using this main page or by using the links between the pages. Most of the sites have links back to this main page.

HISTORY OF GEOLOGY

PLATE TECTONICS

• CONTINENAL DRIFT

• SEA FLOOR SPREADING

VINE-MATTHEWS HYPOTHESIS

• SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

• IGNEOUS ROCKS

• METAMORPHIC ROCKS

• CONVERGENT MARGINS

SUBDUCTION

• DIVERGENT MARGINS

• TRANSFORM MARGINS

EARTH LAYERS

• CRUST

• CRUSTLAYERS

EROSION

MASS WASTING

• RAPID MASS MOVEMENTS

• SLOW MASS MOVEMENTS

• PHYSICAL WEATHERING

• CHEMICAL WEATHERING

ISOSTASY

MANTLE CONVECTION

• HYDROTHERMAL VENTS

GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE