Home

Textbooks Used For Earth Science Courses

Institution
Course
Textbook
Chapters
Lab Manual
Chapters
Camosun

Physical

Historical

Capilano

Physical (GEOL 110)

 

 

 

Required: Second Canadian Edition. Plummer, C., McGeary, D., Carlson, D, Eyles, C, and Eyles, N. 2003. McGraw-Hill Ryerson . 574 p. Cost $116.50 + GST = $125

Recommended : Clague, J., and Turner, R. 2003. Vancouver, City on the Edge: Living with a dynamic geological landscape,. Tricouni Press, Vancouver. (192 pages) [Estimated cost: $27.95]

 

Douglas

Physical (GEOL 1120)

Monroe, Wicander & Hazlett. 2007. Physical Geology Exploring the Earth (6th Edition). Thomson Brooks/Cole.

chapters 1-20 (all chapters)

In-house lab manual

 

Historical (GEOL 1121) Levin. 2006. The Earth Through Time (8th Edition). Wiley. chapters 1-17 (all chapters) In-house lab manual
Natural Disasters (GEOL 1200) Keller and Clague. Natural Hazards   In-house lab manual and field handouts
Dinosaur Planet (GEOL 1130) Lucas. 2007. Dinosaurs - The Textbook (5th Edition). McGraw Hill. chapters 1-16 (all chapters) In-house lab manual
Environmental Issues (SCIE 1100) Cunningham et al. Environmental Science    
Introduction to Environmental Science (SCIE 1107) Cunningham et al. Environmental Science    
Marine Geology (GEOL 2201) Garrison. 2007. Oceanography (6th Edition). Thomson Brooks/Cole. chapters 1-18 (all chapters) In-house lab manual
Paleontology (GEOL 2320) Prothero. Life Through Time; Bringing Fossils to Life    

Ancient Environments (GEOL 2420)

Boggs. Stratigraphy and Sedimentology    
Kwantlen Earth (An Introduction to Physical Geology) (GEOG 1120)

Tarbuck. Earth. Newest Canadian edition.

 
Earth Through Time (GEOL 1210) Levin. Earth Through Time. Latest edition.
Langara

Physical (GEOL 1110)

Portrait of a Planet, S. Marshak
Natural Hazards (GEOL 2207) Natural Hazards and Disasters by Hyndman and Hyndman, Thomson Nelson Publishers.
Advanced Geomorphology (GEOG 2290) Alan Trenhaile's book, “Geomorphology: A Canadian Perspective”
N. Caledonia

Physical

Historical

N. Lights

Physical

Historical

Northwest

Physical

Historical

TRU-OL

Introduction to Physical Geology with lab (GEOL 120)

Introduction to Physical Geology without lab (GEOL 101)

Plummer, McGeary and Carlson

 

Plummer, McGeary and Carlson

Rockies

Physical

Historical

Selkirk

Physical Geology (GEOL 132)

Historical Geology (GEOL 142)

Physical Geology & the environment by Plummer, Carlson, McGeary, Eyles, and Eyles (Canadian Edition)

Historical Geology by Wicander and Monroe

SFU

Physical Geology (EASC 101, 3 cr and Breadth [B])

Tarbuck, Lutgens,Tsujita, 2005 or 2009. Earth – An Introduction to Physical Geology, Canadian Edition, Pearson

1-21

In-house manual

1-12

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (EASC 103, 3 cr [B]) Dinosaurs the Textbook, Spencer G. Lucas, 5th Edition, 2007, McGraw Hill 1-16 In-house lab exercises 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10-16
Geohazards: Earth in Turmoil (EASC 104, 3 cr [B]) Keller, E.A., Blodgett, R.H. and Clague, J.J. 2008, Natural Hazards. Pearson   No lab component  
Earth through Time (EASC 106, 3 cr [B]) Wicander, R. and Monroe, J.S., 2004, Historical Geology, 4th Edition, Brooks/Cole   No lab component  
Historical Geology (EASC 210, 3 cr [B]) Levin, H.L. 2006. The Earth Through Time (8th Edition). John Wiley and Sons 1-3,5-6, 8-17 Brice, Levin and Smith, 2001. Laboratory Studies in Earth History (8th Ed.) McGraw-Hill + In-house Canadian exercises  
Thompson

Physical

Historical

Trinity W

Geology 109 Introduction to Physical Geology

2006 - Understanding Earth 4th ed., Press and Siever, Grotzinger, Jordan

Fall 2007 - Physical Geology, 2nd Canadian ed., Plummer, McGeary, Carlson, Eyles, Eyles

Geol/Geog 220 Geology of the Vancouver Region

Vancouver, City on the Edge; Clague and Turner

GSC Bulletin 481; Geology and Geological Hazards of the Vancouver Region, Southwestern BC

UBC

EOSC 110 The Solid Earth - A Dynamic Planet (3 cr.)

Plummer et al., Physical Geology & the environment, 1st Cdn. ed., McGraw-Hill Ryerson (switch to 2nd ed in fall 2007)

Ch 1-16, 19-20

 
EOSC 112 The Fluid Earth - Oceans and Atmosphere (3 cr.) The Earth System - 2nd edition (2004) by Lee R. Kump, J.F. Kasting and R.G. Crane publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall Ch 1-5, 8,9,12,14,15,17  
EOSC 114 The Catastrophic Earth - Natural Disasters (3 cr.) Abbott, P.L., 2006: Natural Disasters (5th Ed). McGraw-Hill. (poss. switch texts in fall 2007) Ch 1-9, 11,12,15,16  
EOSC 116 - The Dinosaurs' Earth (3 crf.) Texts are recommended, not required. Clague and Turner 2003 Vancouver, City on the Edge; Wicander and Monroe 2004 Historical Geology.    
EOSC 111 - Laboratory Investigations of Planet Earth (1 cr.)     "Earth Inquiry", by the American Geological Institute (a packet of 7 web-lab booklets). Plus hands-on lab materials and notes on the course website.
UBC-O





UCFV

Physical

Historical

UNBC

Physical

Historical

UVic

Physical

Historical

VIU

Physical

Historical

Yukon