Science of the Earth D12121

The structure of the Earth, minerals and rocks. The endogenic forces and landforms. Plate tectonic theory. The elements of the crystallography. The identification of the amorphous and crystalline substances. The chemical composition of the minerals. The physical properties of the minerals. The common minerals of the magmatic rocks. Classification and identification of the magmatic rocks. The mineral composition of the metamorphic rocks. Metamorphic rocks. The basis of stratygraphy. The geological scale of time. The main geological regions of Europe and Poland. External factors. Weathering. Slope processes, gravitational mass movements, ablation, denudation mass-wasting. The mineral composition of the sedimentary rocks. The clastic rocks, fractions. The clayey and biochemical rocks. Mineral resources of the Poland. The glaciers.