The Dynamic Earth an Introduction to Physical Geology, Updated Fifth Edition

Updated Fifth Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-118-52301-8
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 656 Seiten, Book with CD-ROM, Format (B × H): 281 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 1304 g

This best-selling physical geology text emphasizes the theme of dynamic change to help students better understand our environment, landscapes, climate, and resources. Dynamic Earth, Fifth Edition introduces plate tectonics and the Earth system early in the text, giving students a sense of how earth processes and systems are interrelated. Both plate tectonics and the Earth system are revisited in a boxed section at the end of each chapter. Instructors who adopt the text will have access to an electronic image bank that includes all line art from the book, numerous animations, and hundreds of photographs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skinner, Brian J.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geophysik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Tektonik, Strukturgeologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Meet Planet Earth!
2. Global Tectonics: Our Dynamic Planet
3. Atoms, Elements, Minerals
4. Igneous Rocks: Products of Earth?s Internal Fire
5. Magmas and Volcanoes
6. Weathering and Soils
7. Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks: Archives of Earth History
8. Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks: New Rocks from Old
9. How Rock Bends, Buckles, and Breaks
10. Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
11. Geologic Time and the Rock Record
12. The Changing Face of the Land
13. Mass Wasting
14. Streams and Drainage Systems
15. Groundwater
16. Glaciers and Glaciation
17. Atmosphere, Winds, and Deserts
18. The Oceans and Their Margins
19. Climate and our Changing Planet
20. The Earth Through Time
21. Resources of Minerals and Energy