Understanding earth
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Understanding earth
W.H. Freeman, c2007
5th ed
- : uk
Available at 12 libraries
Note
Anoter authors: Thomas H. Jordan, Frank Press, Raymond Siever
Includes bibliographical references (p. 1-7, 5th group) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The fifth edition of "Understanding Earth" continues the book's enduring goal, to help students understand what physical geology teaches us about the world and what it brings to our lives. Two new co-authors have introduced a wealth of recent data and applications to keep the science on the cutting edge. Students will enjoy coming to learn how we know what we know, and how that knowledge impacts our lives as citizens and consumers. It supplements "Instructor's Resource Manual" (0-7167-4507-0), "Enhanced Instructor's Resource CD" (0-7167-4509-7), "Slide Set with Lecture Notes" (0-7167-2901-6), "Overhead Transparency Set" (0-7167-5780X), "Test Bank CD-ROM" (0-7167-5783-4), "Printed Test Bank" (0-7167-5784-2), "Student Study Guide" (0-7167-3981-X), and "Lecture Notebook" (0-7167-4446-5).
Table of Contents
Meet the Authors - Preface - Building a Planet - Plate Tectonics: The Unifying Theory - Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks - Rocks: Records of Geological Processes - Igneous Rocks: Solids from Metals - Volcanism - Weathering and Erosion - Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks - Early History of the Terrestrial Planets - Metamorphic Rocks - Geobiology: Life Interacts with the Earth - The Rock Records and Geologic Time Scale - Folds, Faults, and Other Records of Rock Deformation - Mass Wasting - The Hydrologic Cycle and Groundwater - Streams: Transport to the Oceans - Winds and Deserts - Glaciers: The Work of Ice - Earth Beneath the Oceans - Landscapes: Tectonic and Climate Interaction - Earthquakes - Evolution of the Continents - Exploring Earth's Interiors - Energy Material Resources from the Earth - Environment, Global Change, and Human Impacts - Appendix 1: Conversion Factors - Appendix 2: Numerical Data Pertaining to Earth - Appendix3: Properties of the most Common Minerals of Earth's Crust - Appendix4: Topographic and Geologic Maps - Glossary - Index
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