Instructor Resources

Available formats and helpful links

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• A link to the errata document
• A link to report errors

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About open educational resources (OER)

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About this book

Introduction to Earth Science, second edition is an open book. You are welcome to freely use, adapt, and share this book with attribution according to the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. This license allows sharing and adaptation as long as (1) attribution is provided, (2) the new work is licensed the same as the original, and (3) the material is not used in ways that are primarily commercial.