Book Title: Introduction to Earth Science
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This book is a cloned version of An Introduction to Geology by Chris Johnson, Matthew D. Affolter, Paul Inkenbrandt, and Cam Mosher, published using Pressbooks under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license. It may differ from the original.
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Introduction to Earth Science Copyright © 2023 by Laura Neser is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Introduction to Earth Science Copyright © 2023 by Laura Neser is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
© Laura Neser, 2023.
You are free to copy, share, adapt, remix, transform, and build on the material for any primarily noncommercial purpose as long as you follow the terms of the license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0.
Attributions This work includes content from multiple sources reproduced under the terms of Creative Commons licenses, Public Domain, and Fair Use. Specifically: Chapters 1-16 are adapted from An Introduction to Geology (CC BY NC SA) by Chris Johnson, Matthew D. Affolter, Paul Inkenbrandt, and Cam Mosher. Chapter 17 is adapted from Section 22.1 of Chapter 22 “The Origin of Earth and the Solar System” by Karla Panchuk in Physical Geology, 2nd edition (CC BY) by Steven Earle, with Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 of Chapter 7 “Other Worlds: An Introduction to the Solar System” from OpenStax Astronomy, 2nd edition (CC BY). And, figures are from a variety of sources; references at the end of each chapter describe the terms of reuse for each figure. Version notes located at the end of the book describe author changes made to these materials by chapter.
Suggested citation Neser, Laura (2023). Introduction to Earth Science. Blacksburg: Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences. https://doi.org/10.21061/introearthscience. Licensed with CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0.
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Neser, Laura, author
Introduction to Earth Science / Laura Neser
Pages cm
ISBN 978-1-957213-34-7 (PDF)
ISBN 978-1-957213-35-4 (ePub)
ISBN 978-1-957213-33-0 (Pressbooks) https://pressbooks.lib.vt.edu/introearthscience
ISBN 978-1-957213-36-1 (Print)
URI (Universal Resource Identifier): http://hdl.handle.net/10919/112740
DOI https://doi.org/10.21061/introearthscience
Earth sciences–Textbooks.
Geology–Textbooks.
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Cover Image Volcanic eruption at Geldingadalir, Fagradalsfjall by Toby Elliott via Unsplash, Unsplash license
Cover Design Kindred Grey