(eBook PDF) Geology: Earth in Perspective 3rd Edition – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0357117336
- ISBN-13 : 978-0357117330
- Author: Reed Wicander
Wicander/Monroe’s Geology: Earth in Perspective, 3rd edition, brings geology to life while accommodating your busy lifestyle–and at a value-based price. It provides a complete overview of introductory geology in a succinct, engaging format. Online videos, animations, interactive mapping, and other learning tools further your understanding of physical geology and its relevance to everyday life. The revised text incorporates the latest examples, case studies, and data, including natural disasters, renewable energy, new insight on paleoseismology, sustainability, and updated dating techniques that more accurately identify historic climate change periods. GEO-FOCUS boxes spotlight issues straight from the headlines, and economic and environmental geology topics are integrated throughout.
Table contents:
Chapter 1: Understanding Earth: A Dynamic and Evolving Planet
Chapter 2: Plate Tectonics: A Unifying Theory
Chapter 3: Minerals: The Building Blocks of Rocks
Chapter 4: Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Igneous Activity
Chapter 5: Volcanoes and Volcanism
Chapter 6: Weathering, Soil, and Sedimentary Rocks
Chapter 7: Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
Chapter 8: Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior
Chapter 9: Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents
Chapter 10: Mass Wasting
Chapter 11: Running Water
Chapter 12: Groundwater
Chapter 13: Glaciers and Glaciation
Chapter 14: The Work of Wind and Deserts
Chapter 15: Oceans, Shorelines, and Shoreline Processes
Chapter 16: Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles
Chapter 17: Earth History
Chapter 18: Life History
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