Earth
Introduction to Geologic Change
Published on 4. January 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
640 pages
978-0-13-301193-7 (ISBN)
Description
This is a core text for a first course in geology. Two outstanding educators present the basics of solid earth geology through the organizational concept of change.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
350 drawings, 300 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1150 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-301193-7 (9780133011937)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Changing earth; transition I - changes in earth materials; minerals and matter; igneous rocks; weathering and soils; sedimentary rocks; metamorphic rocks; geologic time; transition II - changes within the earth; heat and magmas; earthquakes and earth structure; deformation; plate tectonics - growth of an idea; cartons, origins, and plate boundaries; transition III - changes at the earth's surface; mass movement; streams and stream systems; ground water; glaciers and glaciation; coasts and coastal processes; wind and deserts; transition IV - humans and earth change; energy and mineral resources; people and environmental change.