This manual was written primarily to assist undergraduate students in field training. It also offers some specialized procedures and data to advanced students and professional geologists. To keep the book a reasonable length, the more specialized materials are presented by brief descriptions, outlines, and diagrams. I have tried, however, to describ…
an introductory text canot explore all aspects of environmental concerns. here, the emphasis is on the physical constrains imposed on human activities by the geologic processes that have shaped and are still shaping our natural environment. in a real sense, these are the most basic, inescapable constrains; we canot, for instance, use aresource that …