Essentials of geology / Stephen Marshak.
Publication details: New York : W. W. Norton, c2013.Edition: 4th editionDescription: xxv, 567 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cmISBN:- 9780393919394 (pbk.)
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Contents
Chapter 1. The Earth in context
Chapter 2. The way the Earth works: plate tectonics
Chapter 3. Patterns in nature: minerals
Chapter 4. Up from the inferno: magma and igneous rocks
Chapter 5. The wrath of Vulcan: volcanic eruptions
Chapter 6. Pages of Earth's past: sedimentary rocks
Chapter 7. Metamorphism: a process of change
Chapter 8. A violent pulse: earthquakes
Chapter 9. Crags, cracks, and crumples: geologic structures and mountain building
Chapter 10. Deep time: how old is old?
Chapter 11. A biography of Earth
Chapter 12. Riches in rock: energy and mineral resources
Chapter 13. Unsafe ground: landslides and other mass movements
Chapter 14. Streams and floods: the geology of running water
Chapter 15. Restless realm: oceans and coasts
Chapter 16. A hidden reserve: groundwater
Chapter 17. Dry regions: the geology of deserts
Chapter 18. Amazing ice: glaciers and ice ages
Chapter 19. Global change in the Earth system.
Includes index.
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