Essentials of Geology
2nd Edition
Published on 10. August 1998
Book
Mixed media product
456 pages
978-0-534-54774-5 (ISBN)
Description
Providing students with a basic understanding of geology and its processes and, more importantly, with an understanding of how geology relates to the human experience, this text presents students with an overview of the geologic and biologic history of the Earth as a continuum of interrelated events that reflect the underlying geologic and biologic principles and processes that have shaped our planet and the life upon it. The text emphasizes plate tectonics and the role that shifting plates have on the Earth's dynamic systems. It also integrates environmental and economic geology themes throughout.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 222 mm
Weight
1134 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-54774-5 (9780534547745)
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Reed Wicander | James S. Monroe
Essentials of Geology
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07/2001
3rd Edition
Brooks/Cole
€76.94
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Previous edition
Reed Wicander | James S. Monroe
Essentials of Geology
Book
01/1995
West Publishing Co
€48.46
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Content
Developing critical thinking and study skills; understanding the Earth - an introduction to physical geology; plate tectonics - a unifying theory; minerals; igneous rocks and intrusive igneous activity; volcanism; weathering, erosion, and soil; sediment and sedimentary rocks; metamorphism and metamorphic rocks; earthquakes and the Earth's interior; deformation and mountain building; mass wasting; running water; groundwater; glaciers and glaciation; the work of wind and deserts; the sea floor, shorelines, and shoreline processes; geologic time - concepts and principles; Earth history; life history. Appendices: english-metric conversion chart; periodic table of the elements; mineral identification tables; topographic maps; answers to multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank review questions.