- Subjects
- Published
-
New York :
Wiley
c2001.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Online Access
- Table of Contents
- Physical Description
- vi, 328 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9780471385905
- Acknowledgments
- A Note to the Reader
- 1. Plate Tectonics: A Revolution in Geology
- 2. What the Earth Is Made Of
- 3. The Rock Record and Geologic Time
- 4. Earthquakes and the Inside of the Earth
- 5. Volcanoes and Igneous Rocks
- 6. Weathering and Erosion
- 7. Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
- 8. Metamorphism and Rock Deformation
- 9. The Hydrosphere and the Atmosphere
- 10. The Record of Life on Earth
- 11. Resources from the Earth
- 12. Earth Systems and Cycles
- Appendix 1. Units and Conversions
- Appendix 2. Elements and Their Symbols
- Appendix 3. Properties of Some Important Minerals