The earth system : an introduction to earth science
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The earth system : an introduction to earth science
Wm. C. Brown Publishers, c1991
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-568) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This introductary earth science text is divided into six sections which cover: impressions of a living planet; Earth's solid systems; Earth's oceanic systems; Earth's atmospheric systems; beyond Earth; and Earth and humanity.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Impressions of a living planet: no place like home
- the uniqueness of the third planet
- time, life and systems - the overwhelming perspective. Part 2 Earth's solid systems: systems in miniature - the nature of minerals
- Earth's brittle shell - rocks of the lithosphere
- the rock engine - plate tectonics and the lithosphere
- stress, strain and structure - earthquakes and mountain-building
- stories in stone - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic environments
- weathering, soils and mass wasting
- the work of surface water and ground water
- the cold carver - ice on the land. Part 3 Earth's oceanic systems: water, salt and basalt - the structure of the world ocean
- waves, currents and battered shores - processes of the world ocean. Part 4 Earth's atmospheric systems: the dynamic sky - energy and the atmosphere
- barometric pressure - the force behind the wind
- the whims of Thor - storms and rain. Part 5 Beyond Earth: the celestial sphere - a growing awareness
- Earth's context - the solar system
- beyond the solar system - our cosmic neighbours. Part 6 Earth and humanity: care and maintenance.
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