Physical geology: earth revealed

by Carlson, Diane H.

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Title Statements

Full title :Physical geology : earth revealed / Diane H. Carlson, Charles C. Plummer, Lisa Hammersley.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011.
Edition:Ninth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

Notes

McGeary's name appears first on the earlier eds.

Companion text to Earth revealed, a PBS television course and video resource.

The Physical Object

Description:xxiv, 645 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780073369402, 0073369403, 9780071221849, 0071221840
oclc:ocn436031157
LC Classification:QE28.2
Dewey Decimal:550

Introducing geology, the essentials of plate tectonics, and other important concepts -- Earth's interior and geophysical properties -- The sea floor -- Plate tectonics -- Mountain belts and the continental crust -- Geologic structures -- Earthquakes -- Time and geology -- Atoms, elements, and minerals -- Volcanism and extrusive rocks -- Igneous rocks, intrusive activity, and the origin of igneous rocks -- Weathering and soil -- Mass wasting -- Sediment and sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphism, metamorphic rocks, and hydrothermal rocks -- Streams and floods -- Ground water -- Deserts and wind action -- Glaciers and glaciation -- Waves, beaches, and coasts -- Resources -- The Earth's companions.