Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology

Key differences between 11th and 10th editions

• Period between current and previous editions: 3 years (2017 vs 2014).
• The Eleventh Edition presents many New Activities, including:
• 1.1View of Earth from above (activity based on Google Earth computer program)
• 1.2 Convert between Latitude/Longitude and UTM coordinates
• 1.3 Plotting Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates
• 1.4 Floating blocks and icebergs
• 5.5 Determining the percentage of mafic minerals in rocks
• 5.6 Determine composition of a phaneritic rock by point counting method
• 6.2 Source-to-sink sediment
• 7.2 Minerals in metamorphic rock
• 9.5 Relief and gradient analysis
• 10.1 Map contacts and formations
• 12.3 Using data to map the groundwater flow paths