LEVEL 5
I. Earth's properties, structure, and composition
211. Planet Earth
B. FIGURE OF EARTH(6:1-8)
212. Earth's physical properties
A. GRAVITATIONAL FIELD OF EARTH(6:19-23)
B. MAGNETIC FIELD OF EARTH(6:26-35)
4. ROCK MAGNETISM(15:942-947)
D. HEAT FLOW IN EARTH(6:24-26)
4. VOLCANOES(19:502-508)
E. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF EARTH(6:35-41)
F. 1. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS(15:952-964)
2. ROCK DEFORMATION(15:913-923)
b. iv. SALT DOMES(16:195-199)
213. Structure and composition of Earth's interior
A. STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF EARTH(6:48-57)
B. EARTHQUAKES(6:68-73)
214. Earth's constituent minerals and rocks
A. MINERALS(12:233-245)
1. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY(5:339-347)
2. a. i. NATIVE ELEMENTS(12:853-858)
ii. SULFIDE MINERALS(17:785-791)
vi. CARBONATE MINERALS(3:833-838)
xi. PHOSPHATE MINERALS(14:284-288)
b. SILICATE MINERALS(16:756-764)
4. a. i. OLIVINES(13:560-564)
ii. PYROXENES(15:318-322)
iii. AMPHIBOLES(1:707-710)
iv. MICAS(12:93-96)
v. FELDSPARS(7:212-218)
vi. FELDSPATHOIDS(7:218-222)
vii. SILICA MINERALS(16:751-756)
viii. CLAY MINERALS(4:700-706)
x. ZEOLITES(19:1139-1143)
c. ORE DEPOSITS(13:661-671)
d. GEMSTONES(7:969-976)
5. a. GEOCHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA/HIGH TEMPERATURES &
PRESSURES(7:1022-28)
b. GEOCHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA/LOW TEMPERATURES &
PRESSURES(7:1028-31)
B. 1. IGNEOUS ROCKS(9:201-213)
e. i. INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS(9:219-227)
ii. EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS(9:213-219)
iii. PYROCLASTIC IGNEOUS ROCKS(9:227-233)
2. SEDIMENTARY ROCKS(16:463-474)
f. i. CONGLOMERATES AND BRECCIAS(4:1109-1113)
ii. SANDSTONES(16:212-216)
iii. GRAYWACKES(8:295-299)
iv. SHALES(16:634-638)
v. LOESS(11:24-28)
vi. LIMESTONES AND DOLOMITES(10:979-985)
vii. EVAPORITES(6:1132-1139)
viii. SILICEOUS ROCKS(16:765-767)
ix. PHOSPHORITES(14:288-290)
3. METAMORPHIC ROCKS(12:1-10)
a. PRINCIPLES OF ROCK METAMORPHISM(15:947-952)
vi. MARBLES(11:486-487)
C. GEOCHEMICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ELEMENTS(6:700-713)
4. a. COALS(4:790-795)
b. PETROLEUM(14:164-175)
c. OIL SHALES(13:535-539)
d. NATURAL GAS(12:858-863)
8. PHYSIOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION OF ELEMENTS(6:713-715)
II. Earth's envelope: its atmosphere and hydrosphere
221. Atmosphere
A. ATMOSPHERE(2:307-313)
4. IONOSPHERE(9:809-816)
d. AURORAS(2:373-377)
5. d. VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELTS(19:21-23)
B. WINDS AND STORMS(19:862-875)
3. JET STREAMS(10:160-164)
4. b. CYCLONES AND ANTICYCLONES(5:392-395)
5. b. ii. HURRICANES AND TYPHOONS(9:58-64)
c. MONSOONS(12:389-394)
222. Hydrosphere: oceans, freshwater bodies, and ice masses
A. 1. b. GULFS AND BAYS(8:481-486)
2. b. GROUNDWATER(8:432-440)
3. a. ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS(9:175-186)
b. ICEBERGS AND PACK ICE(9:154-160)
c. ICE IN RIVERS AND LAKES(12:165-170)
B. OCEANS AND SEAS(13:484-491)
C. GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF FRESHWATER(7:732-737)
D. HYDROLOGIC CYCLE(9:102-116)
6. WATER RESOURCES(19:643-648)
223. Motions of the sea and forces that cause them
A. OCEANS AND SEAS(13:491-493)
B. WATER WAVES(19:654-659)
3. TIDES(18:383-390)
C. OCEAN CURRENTS(13:437-443)
4. c. DENSITY CURRENTS(5:588-591)
224. Weather and climate
A. 1. ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY(9:1-5)
2. c. DEW(5:679-680)
d. FROST(7:749-750)
3. CLOUDS(4:756-761)
e. WEATHER MODIFICATION(19:707-711)
4. PRECIPITATION(14:960-964)
b. ii. SNOW AND SNOWFLAKES(16:910-914)
B. WINDS AND STORMS(19:865-873)
1. CYCLONES AND ANTICYCLONES(5:392-395)
2. THUNDERSTORMS(18:361-365)
b. iv. LIGHTNING(10:965-970)
c. ii. TORNADOES, WHIRLWINDS, ANDWATERSPOUTS(18:514-
520)
3. b. HURRICANES AND TYPHOONS(9:58-4)
C. WEATHER FORECASTING(19:697-702)
5. WEATHER LORE(19:705-707)
D. CLIMATE(4:714-729)
2. c. URBAN CLIMATES(18:1045-1053)
5. MICROCLIMATES(12:114-121)
6. CLIMATIC CHANGE(4:730-741)
III. Earth's surface features
231. Physical features of Earth's surface
A. PHYSIOGRAPHY OF EARTH(6:42-48)
3. a. OCEAN BASINS(13:434-436)
B. 2. a. PLATEAUS AND BASINS(14:526-529)
b. RIFT VALLEYS(15:841-846)
C. CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE(5:115-119)
4. SUBMARINE CANYONS(3:786-791)
D. OCEAN BASINS(13:433-437)
1. b. vi. MARINE SEDIMENTS(11:495-500)
E. CORAL ISLANDS, CORAL REEFS, AND ATOLLS(5:162-167)
F. MOUNTAIN RANGES AND MOUNTAIN BELTS(12:588-592)
d. ISLAND ARCS(9:1025-1030)
G. OCEANIC RIDGES(13:472-475)
232. Features produced by geomorphic processes acting on Earth's surface
A. 1. WEATHERING(19:702-705)
c. SOILS(16:1018-1028)
v. DURICRUSTS(5:1088-1093)
2. EARTH MOVEMENT ON SLOPES(6:63-67)
3. FLUVIAL PROCESSES(7:437-446)
i. SEDIMENT YIELD OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS(16:474-479)
k. HILLSLOPES(8:873-880)
4. WIND ACTIONS(19:841-847)
6. LANDFORMS PRODUCED BY GLACIATION(8:164-167)
B. 1. d. PHYSIOGRAPHIC EFFECTS OF MAN(14:429-433)
2. METEORITE CRATERS(12:48-54)
3. b. PHYSIOGRAPHIC EFFECTS OF TECTONISM(14:433-435)
C. 1. RIVERS AND RIVER SYSTEMS(15:874-888)
d. ii. RIVER DELTAS(15:867-874)
2. LAKES AND LAKE SYSTEMS(10:600-612)
g. SWAMPS, MARSHES, AND BOGS(17:836-840)
3. ESTUARIES(6:968-973)
4. COASTAL FEATURES(4:795-802)
a. i. BEACHES(2:777-781)
v. LAGOONS(10:591-594)
5. DESERTS(5:602-615)
e. ii. ALLUVIAL FANS(1:611-617)
iii. PEDIMENTS(13:1103-1106)
v. PLAYAS, PANS, AND SALINE FLATS(14:552-558)
vi. SAND SHEETS AND SAND DUNES(16:208-212)
6. LANDFORMS PRODUCED BY GLACIATION(8:164-177)
d. i. PERMAFROST(14:89-95)
8. JUNGLES AND RAIN FORESTS(10:336-342)
10. b. GEYSERS AND FUMAROLES(8:132-136)
c. CAVES AND CAVE SYSTEMS(3:1020-1029)
D. LANDFORM EVOLUTION(10:624-634)
IV. Earth's history
241. origin and development of Earth and its envelopes
A. STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF EARTH(6:55-57)
B. DEVELOPMENT OF ATMOSPHERE(2:313-319)
C. DEVELOPMENT OF OCEANS(13:476-482)
D. DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTS(5:119-123)
E. MOUNTAIN-BUILDING PROCESSES(12:577-584)
F. CONTINENTAL DRIFT(5:108-114)
G. SEA-FLOOR SPREADING(16:442-447)
242. Interpretation of the geological record
A. STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES(17:715-726)
1. d. i. CYCLOTHEMS(5:396-400)
ii. VARVED DEPOSITS(19:31-36)
2. a. UNIFORMITARIANISM(18:857-859)
d. SEDIMENTARY FACIES(16:458-463)
B. FOSSIL RECORD(7:555-577)
2. b. v. CONODONTS(5:23-27)
4. c. POLLEN STRATIGRAPHY(14:734-743)
C. RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE DATING(5:496-513)
1. a. iii. GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE(7:1065-1068)
2. d. i. GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE(7.1068-1070)
D. PALEOGEOGRAPHY(13:906-911)
E. GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF EARTH(6:8-18)
243. Eras and periods of geological time
A. PRECAMBRIAN TIME(14:953-960)
B. LOWER PALEOZOIC ERA(13:916-920)
1. CAMBRIAN PERIOD(3:689-694)
2. ORDOVICIAN PERIOD(13:656-661)
3. SILURIAN PERIOD(16:767-776)
C. UPPER PALEOZOIC ERA(13:921-929)
1. DEVONIAN PERIOD(5:921-929)
2. CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD(3:852-860)
4. PERMIAN PERIOD(14:96-99)
D. MESOZOIC ERA(11:1013-1017)
1. TRIASSIC PERIOD(18:693-697)
2. JURASSIC PERIOD(10:354-360)
3. CRETACEOUS PERIOD(5:246-252)
E. CENOZOIC ERA(3:1079-1083)
1. TERTIARY PERIOD(18:151-160)
2. a. PLEISTOCENE EPOCH(14:558-569)
b. HOLOCENE EPOCH(8:998-1007)
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