Visualizing geology / Barbara W. Murck, Brian J. Skinner.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley,
c2012.
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| Series: | Wiley visualizing
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| Format: | Book |
Table of Contents:
- Earth as a planet
- Earth materials
- How old is old? The rock record and geologic time
- Plate tectonics
- Earthquakes and earth's interior
- Volcanoes and igneous rocks
- Weathering and erosion
- From sediment to sedimentary rock
- Folds, faults, and geological maps
- Metamorphism : new rock from old
- Water on and under the ground
- The ocean and the atmosphere
- Climatic extremes : deserts and glaciers
- Earth's climates : past, present, future
- A brief history of life on earth
- Understanding Earth's resources.
