AuthorTarbuck, Edward J
TitleEarth science / Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens ; illustrated by Dennis Tasa
Imprint Boston : Prentice Hall, 2012
Edition 13th ed.
Descript xxi, 740 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm

CONTENT

Earth materials : Minerals ; Rock cycle ; Igneous rocks ; Sedimentary rocks ; Metamorphic rocks -- Sculpturing earth's surface: Weathering and soil ; Mass wasting ; Running water ; Groundwater ; Glaciers and glaciation ; Deserts and wind -- Forces within : Plate tectonics ; Earthquakes ; Earth's interior ; Volcanoes and other igneous activity ; Mountain building -- Deciphering earth's history -- The global ocean : Floor of the ocean ; Coastal processes -- Earth's dynamic atmosphere : Introduction to the atmosphere ; Heating earth's surface and atmosphere ; Temperature data and the controls of temperature ; Moisture and cloud formation ; Forms of condensation and precipitation ; Air pressure and wind ; Basic weather patterns -- Earth's place in the universe


SUBJECT

  1. Earth sciences

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