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9780130081575

Essentials of Geology

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  • ISBN13:

    9780130081575

  • ISBN10:

    0130081574

  • Edition: 8th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-01-01
  • Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

Building on the tremendous reception to its parent volume, Earth 8th edition, the same groundbreaking media package is now integrated into the brief version of the best-selling introductory physical geology volume. This eighth edition of Essentials of Geology represents a thorough revision, yet retains the hallmarks readers have come to expect from Tarbuck and Lutgen. Reader friendly writing style, carefully crafted illustrations by Dennis Tasa that are both geologically accurate and visually appealing, and updated coverage of the most recent geologic events. The volume provides an introduction to geology covering minerals, igneous rocks, volcanoes and other igneous activity, weathering and soil, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, mass wasting, running water, groundwater, glaciers and glaciation, deserts and wind, shorelines, the ocean floor, earthquakes and earth's interior, plate tectonics, mountain building, geologic time, and earth history. For individuals interested in an introduction to geology.

Table of Contents

An Introduction to Geology
1(22)
Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks
23(22)
Igneous Rocks
45(23)
Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity
68(32)
Weathering and Soils
100(20)
Sedimentary Rocks
120(25)
Metamorphic Rocks
145(20)
Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity
165(14)
Running Water
179(22)
Groundwater
201(20)
Glaciers and Glaciation
221(24)
Deserts and Wind
245(16)
Shorelines
261(23)
The Ocean Floor
284(17)
Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
301(29)
Plate Tectonics
330(32)
Mountain Building
362(25)
Geologic Time
387(25)
Earth History: A Brief Summary
412(25)
Appendix A Metric and English Units Compared 437(1)
Appendix B Topographic Maps 438(4)
Appendix C Landforms of the Conterminous United States 442(2)
Glossary 444(13)
Index 457

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