Understanding Earth
Understanding Earth is designed to bring the worldview of the working geologist to an audience new to learning about science. Students aren't merely presented with concepts and processes - they come to learn how we know what we know, and how that knowledge impacts their lives as citizens and helpful environmental stewards of the planet.
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- Full title :Understanding Earth / John Grotzinger, Thomas H. Jordan.
Summary
Understanding Earth is designed to bring the worldview of the working geologist to an audience new to learning about science. Students aren't merely presented with concepts and processes - they come to learn how we know what we know, and how that knowledge impacts their lives as citizens and helpful environmental stewards of the planet.
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- Publication Date:2014
- Edition:7th edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):W.H. Freeman and Company, a Macmillan Higher Education Company
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014
Notes
Also issued in loose-leaf form.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 volume (various pagings) : : color illustrations ; : 28 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781464138744, 1464138745, 9781464175077, 1464175071, 9781319154158, 1319154158
- oclc:ocn884299180
- LC Classification:QE28
- Dewey Decimal:550
Table of Contents
The earth system -- Plate tectonics : the unifying theory -- Earth materials : minerals and rocks -- Igneous rocks : solids from melts -- Sedimentation : rocks formed by surface processes -- Metamorphism : alteration of rocks by temperature and pressure -- Deformation : modification of rocks by folding and fracturing -- Clocks in rocks : timing the geologic record -- Early history of the terrestrial planets -- History of the continents -- Geobiology : life interacts with Earth -- Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Exploring earth's interior -- The climate system -- Weathering, erosion, and mass wasting : interactions between the climate and plate tectonic systems -- The hydrologic cycle and groundwater -- Stream transport : from mountains to oceans -- Winds and deserts -- Coastlines and ocean basins -- Glaciers : the work of ice -- Landscape development -- The human impact on Earth's environment.
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