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An Introduction to Geology (Johnson, Affolter, Inkenbrandt, and Mosher)
Salt Lake Community College faculty OER textbook via LibreText
Physical Geology (Earle)
Vancouver Island University faculty OER textbook from LibreText
Fundamentals of Geology (Schulte)
Columbia Basin College faculty OER textbook from Libretext

Earth's Surface and History by David K. Elliott; Salem Press Editors
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781587659775
Publication Date: 2012
This subset explores the land masses and seas of the world. It describes mountain ranges, the oceans, continental movement, and a wide variety of features that have influenced life on earth. Detailed explorations of the evolution of dinosaurs, fish, birds, plant life and humans, as they were influenced by the earth's surface, fill this set. Fantastic disruptions, from Mount St. Helens to the ice ages are woven into the story of how the earth influences everything.
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth by Joseph L. Spradley (Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781587659768
Publication Date: 2012
A detailed look at the dynamics of the earth’s mass and how its chemistry produces change. Its scope is broad. For instance, the set goes beyond the basics of climate change to explore many underlying factors surrounding the issue, including geothermometry and geobarometry, glacial events, and mass extinction theories. The set also explores earthquakes, their engineering, hazards, predictability, and the role of fault and mantle dynamics.
Earth Materials & Resources by Stephen I. Dutch
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781587659843
Publication Date: 2012
An encyclopedic review of the material world in which we live and the uses to which those materials can be put. Everything from gold to hazardous waste is described and put in the context of humans’ life on earth. Water, soil, minerals, radioactive substances, oil and gas, and an array of substances present on earth and mined from it are described in depth. In every case, the science behind the use of the resource is examined in full.
Earth's Weather, Water, and Atmosphere by Margaret Boorstein (Editor); Richard Renneboog (Editor); Salem Press Editors
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781587659850
Publication Date: 2012
This subset is a brilliant exploration of the fluids on the surface of the earth and the gases that surround us. The interaction among these is fantastically complex and intriguing. the work explores the evolution of these interactions during the earth's history, Theories regarding the future of the atmosphere and oceans and specific causes and effects that are at work.

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National Science Foundation 2020

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Description

The Earth system functions and connects in unexpected ways - from the microscopic interactions of bacteria and rocks to the macro-scale processes that build and erode mountains and regulate Earth’s climate. Efforts to study Earth's intertwined processes are made even more pertinent and urgent by the need to understand how the Earth can continue to sustain both civilization and the planet's biodiversity.

A Vision for NSF Earth Sciences 2020-2030: Earth in Time provides recommendations to help the National Science Foundation plan and support the next decade of Earth science research, focusing on research priorities, infrastructure and facilities, and partnerships. This report presents a compelling and vibrant vision of the future of Earth science research.

Suggested Citation:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. A Vision for NSF Earth Sciences 2020-2030: Earth in Time. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25761.