McGeary, David.
Physical geology : Earth revealed. Earth revealed - Fourth edition David McGeary, Charles C. Plummer, Diane H. Carlson. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2001. - xiv, 578 pages : illustration (some color), color maps ; 28 cm.
"This book contains the same text and illustrations as the updated version of the eighth edition of Physical geology by Plummer, McGeary and Carlson. The chapter order has been changed so that ... featured as the companion text to 'Earth revealed introductory geology', a PBS television course and video resource produced in collaboration with the Annenburg/CPB Project"--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction to physical geology -- Chapter 2 The earth's interior -- Chapter 3 The sea floor -- Chapter 4 Plate tectonics -- Chapter 5 Mountain belts and the continental crust -- Chapter 6 Geologic structures -- Chapter 7 Earthquakes -- Chapter 8 Time and geology -- Chapter 9 Atoms, elements, and minerals -- Chapter 10 Volcanism and extrusive rocks -- Chapter 11 Igneous rocks, intrusive activity, and the origin of igneous rocks -- Chapter 12 Weathering and soil -- Chapter 13 Mass wasting -- Chapter 14 Sediments and sedimentary rocks -- Chapter 15 Metamorphism, metamorphic rocks, and hydrothermal rocks -- Chapter 16 Streams and floods -- Chapter 17 Ground water -- Chapter 18 Deserts and wind action -- Chapter 19 Glaciers and glaciation -- Chapter 20 Waves, beaces, and coasts -- Chapter 21 Geologic resources.
English
007366183X (acidfree paper)
00033937
Physical geology.
Physical geology : Earth revealed. Earth revealed - Fourth edition David McGeary, Charles C. Plummer, Diane H. Carlson. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2001. - xiv, 578 pages : illustration (some color), color maps ; 28 cm.
"This book contains the same text and illustrations as the updated version of the eighth edition of Physical geology by Plummer, McGeary and Carlson. The chapter order has been changed so that ... featured as the companion text to 'Earth revealed introductory geology', a PBS television course and video resource produced in collaboration with the Annenburg/CPB Project"--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction to physical geology -- Chapter 2 The earth's interior -- Chapter 3 The sea floor -- Chapter 4 Plate tectonics -- Chapter 5 Mountain belts and the continental crust -- Chapter 6 Geologic structures -- Chapter 7 Earthquakes -- Chapter 8 Time and geology -- Chapter 9 Atoms, elements, and minerals -- Chapter 10 Volcanism and extrusive rocks -- Chapter 11 Igneous rocks, intrusive activity, and the origin of igneous rocks -- Chapter 12 Weathering and soil -- Chapter 13 Mass wasting -- Chapter 14 Sediments and sedimentary rocks -- Chapter 15 Metamorphism, metamorphic rocks, and hydrothermal rocks -- Chapter 16 Streams and floods -- Chapter 17 Ground water -- Chapter 18 Deserts and wind action -- Chapter 19 Glaciers and glaciation -- Chapter 20 Waves, beaces, and coasts -- Chapter 21 Geologic resources.
English
007366183X (acidfree paper)
00033937
Physical geology.