CLCP5
LanguageENG
PublishYear2015
publishCompany
Wiley
EISBN
9781119034025
PISBN
9781118996515
- Product Details
- Contents
Visualizing Geology, 4th Edition introduces students to geology and Earth system science through the distinctive mode of visual learning that is the hallmark of the Wiley Visualizing series. Readers learn that the geologic features we see and experience result from interactions among three grand cycles, which extend from Earths core to the fringes of our atmosphere: the tectonic cycle, the rock cycle, and the water cycle.
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Thanks for Participating in a Special Project
- Contents in Brief
- Contents
- 1 Earth as a Planet
- 2 Earth Materials
- 3 How Old is Old? The Rock Record and Geologic Time
- 4 Plate Tectonics
- 5 Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior
- 6 Volcanoes and Igneous Rocks
- 7 Weathering and Erosion
- 8 From Sediment to Sedimentary Rock
- 9 Folds, Faults, and Geologic Maps
- 10 Metamorphism: New Rock from Old
- 11 Water On and Under the Ground
- 12 The Ocean and the Atmosphere
- 13 Climatic Extremes: Deserts and Glaciers
- 14 Earth’s Climates: Past, Present, Future
- 15 A Brief History of Life on Earth
- 16 Understanding Earth’s Resources
- Appendix A: Units and Their Conversions
- Appendix B: Periodic Table of the Elements
- Appendix C: Tables of the Properties of Selected Common Minerals
- Appendix D: Self-Test Answers
- Glossary
- Table and Line Art Credits
- Index
- EULA
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- Yale University