Changing Earth Exploring Geology and Evolutions, Media Edition (with Earth Systems Today CD-ROM and InfoTrac)

by Monroe, James S.; Wicander, Reed

• ISBN13: 9780534384685
• ISBN10: 0534384684
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780534375508
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-22
• Publisher: Brooks Cole
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Author Biography

James S. Monroe is professor emeritus of geology at Central Michigan University where he taught physical geology, historical geology, prehistoric life, and stratigraphy and sedimentology since 1975 Reed Wicander is a geology professor at Central Michigan University where he teaches physical geology, historical geology, prehistoric life, and invertebrate paleontology

Table of Contents

Preface	xix
Developing Critical Thinking and Study Skills	xxiv
Understanding Earth: An Introduction	2	(23)
Minerals	25	(21)
Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Igneous Activity	46	(20)
Volcanism	66	(26)
Weathering, Soil, Sediment, and Sedimentary Rocks	92	(32)
Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks	124	(20)
Earthquakes and Earth's Interior	144	(30)
The Sea Floor	174	(20)
Plate Tectonics: A Unifying Theory	194	(30)
Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents	224	(26)
Mass Wasting	250	(28)
Running Water	278	(28)
Groundwater	306	(28)
Glaciers and Glaciation	334	(24)
The Work of Wind and Deserts	358	(26)
Shorelines and Shoreline Processes	384	(24)
Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles	408	(30)
Fossils and Evolution	438	(26)
A History of the Universe, Solar System, and Planets	464	(26)
Precambrian Earth and Life History	490	(34)
Paleozoic Earth History	524	(40)
Paleozoic Life History	564	(32)
Mesozoic Earth and Life History	596	(38)
Cenozoic Earth and Life History	634