Earth science

by Tarbuck, Edward J.

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Title Statements

Full title :Earth science / Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens ; illustrated by Dennis Tasa.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.
Edition:13th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Prentice Hall/Pearson
Place of Publication:Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xxi, 740 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; : 29 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780321688507, 0321688503
oclc:ocn693684089
LC Classification:QE26.3
Dewey Decimal:550

1. Introduction to Earth science -- Unit 1. Earth materials -- 2. Matter and minerals -- 3. Rocks: materials of the solid earth -- Unit 2. Sculpturing Earth's surface -- 4. Weathering, soil, and mass wasting -- 5. Running water and groundwater -- 6. Glaciers, deserts, and wind -- Unit 3. Forces within -- 7. Plate tectonics: a scientific revolution unfolds -- 8. Earthquakes and Earth's interior -- 9. Volcanoes and other igneous activity -- 10. Crustal deformation and mountain building -- Unit 4. Deciphering Earth's history -- 11. Geologic time -- 12. Earth's evolution through geologic time -- Unit 5. The global ocean -- 13. The ocean floor -- 14. Ocean water and ocean life -- 15. The dynamic ocean -- Unit 6. Earth's dynamic atmosphere -- 16. The atmosphere: composition, structure, and temperature -- 17. Moisture, clouds, and precipitation -- 18. Air pressure and wind -- 19. Weather patterns and severe storms -- 20. World climates and global climate change -- Unit 7. Earth's place in the universe -- 21. Origins of modern astronomy -- 22. Touring our solar system -- 23. Light, astronomical observations, and the sun -- 24. Beyond our solar system.