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Applications & investigations in earth science / Edward J. Tarbuck, . . . [et al]

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, c2000.Edition: 3rd editionDescription: viii, 353 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0130112887
  • 9780130112880
Other title:
  • Applications and investigations in earth science
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 550 22 TAR
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CONTENTS

PART ONE: GEOLOGY
Exercise 1. The study of minerals

Exercise 2. Common rocks

Exercise 3. Introduction to Aerial photographs and topographic maps

Exercise 4. Shaping earth's surface-running water groundwater

Exercise 5. Shaping Erath's surface-Arid and Glacial landscapes

Exercise 6. Determining geologic ages

Exercise 7. Geologic maps and structures

Exercise 8. Earthquakes and Earth's interior

PART TWO. OCEANOLOGY
Exercise 9. Introduction to oceanology

Exercise 10. The dynamic ocean floor

Exercise 11. Waves, currents, and tides

PART THREE. METEOLOGY
Exercise 12. Earth-sun relations

Exercise 13. Atmospheric heating

Exercise 14. Atmospheric moisture, pressure and wind

Exercise 15. Air masses, the middle latitude cyclone and weather maps

Exercise 16. Global climates and the human impact

PART FOUR: ASTRONOMY
Exercise 17. Astronomical observations

Exercise 18. Patterns in the solar system

Exercise 19. Planet positions

Exercise 20. The moon and sun

PART FIVE: EARTH SCIENCE SKILLS
Exercise 21. Location and distance on earth

Exercise 22. The metric system, measurements, and scientific inquiry

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