(eBook PDF) Earth: Portrait of a Planet Sixth Edition by Stephen Marshak – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393640132
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393640137
• Author:  Stephen Marshak

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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