# Introduction to Historical Geology

- By: Kelly Ruppert, Tor Lacy, and Emily Haddad
- Publisher: Coastline College, Cerritos College, and East Los Angeles College
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://geo.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Geology/Introduction_to_Historical_Geology_(Ruppert_Lacy_and_Haddad))
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Introduction to Historical Geology covers an overview of the basic principles of geology including plate tectonics, minerals, igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks, sedimentology, geologic structures, geologic time, and evolution. After the foundations of geology are covered, the principles covered are used to explain Earth's geologic and evolutionary history through the Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, and Phanerozoic eons.