Essentials of Geology （4TH）

Chernicoff, Stanley/ Whitney, Donna

Pearson（2023/03発売）

• ページ数 462 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780136157434
• DDC分類 550

Contents

I. Forming the Earth

1. A First Look at Planet Earth - Its Origins, Systems, and Tectonic Plates

2. Minerals

3. Igneous Rocks and Processes

4. Volcanoes and Volcanism

5. Weathering - The Breakdown of Rocks

6. Sedimentary Processes, Environments, and Rocks

7. Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

8. Telling Time Geologically

II. Shaping the Earth's Crust 

9. Earth Structures - Folds, Faults, and Fabrics

10. Earthquakes

11. The Earth's Interior - What's Going on Down There?

12. Plate Tectonics and the Formation of the Earth's Oceans

13. Continental Tectonics and the Formation of the Earth's Continents

III. Sculpting the Earth's Surface

14. Mass Movement

15. Streams and Floods

16. Groundwater

17. Glaciers and Ice Ages

18. Deserts and the Work of Winds

19. Shores and Coastal Processes

20. Human Use of the Earth's Resources

Appendices

Glossary

Photo Credit

Index