Essentials of geology Stephen Marshak

By:

Marshak, Stephen

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : W.W. Northon & Company, 2016,Edition: Fifth editionDescription: 629p: illISBN:

9780393263398

Subject(s):

Geology -- Textbooks

DDC classification:

551 MAR

Contents:

1 And Just What is Geology? 2 The Earth in Context -- 3 The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics -- 4 Patterns in Nature: Minerals -- 5 Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks -- 6 The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions -- 7 A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Soils -- 8 Pages Of Earth's Past: Sedimentary Rocks -- 9 Metamorphism: A Process of Change -- 10 The Rock Cycle -- 11 A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes -- 12 The Earth's Interior Revisited: Insights from Geophysics -- 13 Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Geologic Structures and Mountain Building -- 14 Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution -- 15 Deep Time: How Old Is Old? -- 16 A Biography of Earth -- 17 Riches in Rock: Energy and Mineral Resources -- 18 An Introduction to Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle -- 19 Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements -- 20 Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water -- 21 Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts -- 22 A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater -- 23 Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts -- 24 Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages -- 25 Global Change in the Earth System.

Summary: Stephen Marshak's bestselling text and media make geology easy for students to understand.

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1 And Just What is Geology?
2 The Earth in Context --
3 The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics --
4 Patterns in Nature: Minerals --
5 Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks --
6 The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions --
7 A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Soils --
8 Pages Of Earth's Past: Sedimentary Rocks --
9 Metamorphism: A Process of Change --
10 The Rock Cycle --
11 A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes --
12 The Earth's Interior Revisited: Insights from Geophysics --
13 Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Geologic Structures and Mountain Building --
14 Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution --
15 Deep Time: How Old Is Old? --
16 A Biography of Earth --
17 Riches in Rock: Energy and Mineral Resources --
18 An Introduction to Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle --
19 Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements --
20 Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water --
21 Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts --
22 A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater --
23 Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts --
24 Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages --
25 Global Change in the Earth System.

Stephen Marshak's bestselling text and media make geology easy for students to understand.

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