Environmental geology

by Reichard, James S.

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Title Statements

Full title :Environmental geology / James S. Reichard, Georgia Southern University.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017
Edition:Third edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:1 volume (various pagings) : : color illustrations, color maps ; : 28 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780078022968, 0078022967
oclc:on1091860082
LC Classification:QE38
Dewey Decimal:550

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Fundamentals of Environmental Geology -- ch. 1 Humans and the Geologic Environment -- Introduction -- What Is Geology? -- Scientific Inquiry -- How Science Operates -- Science and Society -- Environmental Geology -- Environmental Problems and Time Scales -- Geologic Time -- Environmental Risk and Human Reaction -- Earth as a System -- The Earth and Human Population -- Population Growth -- Limits to Growth -- Sustainability -- Ecological Footprint -- Case Study 1.1 Collapse of a Society Living Unsustainably -- Environmentalism -- Summary Points -- Key Words -- Applications -- ch. 2 Earth from a Larger Perspective -- Introduction -- Our Solar System -- The Sun -- The Planets -- Comets and Asteroids -- The Moon -- Origin of the Solar System -- The Nebular Hypothesis -- How Reliable Is the Nebular Hypothesis? -- Other Stars in the Universe -- Does Life Exist Beyond Earth? -- Life on Earth -- Habitable Zones

Note continued: Case Study 2.1 Searching for Life on Mars -- Possible Intelligent Life -- Solar System Hazards -- Electromagnetic Radiation -- Asteroid and Comet Impacts -- Summary Points -- Key Words -- Applications -- ch. 3 Earth Material…