Geology: A Brief Introduction

This two-session workshop goes over everything you need to know to read a geologic map. We start off by exploring the geologic time scale and learning about which key geologic events happened when. Next, we explore different types of rocks, how they were created, and how to identify them in the field. Then, we look at structural geology at all scales, from folds and faults to plate tectonics. Finally, we tie everything together by looking at geologic maps of Canada and North America and deciphering how the geology of different areas of Canada was formed. Dr. John Johnston from the University of Waterloo kindly reviewed the contents of this workshop and provided us with excellent suggestions and resources.

Contributors

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Jerry Sun

Ben Woodward

Ben is an MSc student at the University of Waterloo studying coastal erosion in the Great Lakes. Ben's areas of interest include digital humanities/historical applications of GIS and web maps, geomorphology, and (of course) teaching geography. Outside of his studies, Ben enjoys watching the NBA and playing squash. Ben represented Canada at iGeo in 2018 and 2019, placing third internationally in 2019.

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Which province's official mineral is an iridescent type of plagioclase feldspar?

ANewfoundland and LabradorBOntarioCBritish ColumbiaDQuebec