(eBook PDF) Earth: Portrait of a Planet Sixth Edition by Stephen Marshak – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
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- ISBN-10 : 0393640132
- ISBN-13 : 978-0393640137
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Table contents:
Part One: Our Island in Space
Chapter 1: Cosmology and the Birth of Earth
Chapter 2: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Chapter 3: Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas
Chapter 4: The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics
Part Two: Earth Materials
Chapter 5: Patterns in Nature: Minerals
Chapter 6: Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks
Chapter 7: Pages of Earth’s Past: Sedimentary Rocks
Chapter 8: Metamorphism: A Process of Change
Part Three: Tectonic Activity of a Dynamic Planet
Chapter 9: The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions
Chapter 10: A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes
Chapter 11: Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building
Part Four: History Before History
Chapter 12: Deep Time: How Old Is Old?
Chapter 13: A Biography of Earth
Part Five: Earth Resources
Chapter 14: Squeezing Power from a Stone: Energy Resources
Chapter 15: Riches in Rock: Mineral Resources
Part Six: Processes and Problems at The Earth’s Surface
Chapter 16: Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements
Chapter 17: Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water
Chapter 18: Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts
Chapter 19: A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater
Chapter 20: An Envelope of Gas: Earth’s Atmosphere and Climate
Chapter 21: Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts
Chapter 22: Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice AgesChapter 23: Global Change in the Earth System
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