Author | Monroe, James S (James Stewart), 1938- |
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Title | The changing earth : exploring geology and evolution / James S. Monroe, Reed Wicander |
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Imprint |
Belmont, CA : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, c2012 |
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Edition |
6th ed. |
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Descript |
xvi, 720 p. : ill. (col.), maps ; 28 cm |
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CONTENT
Understanding earth: a dynamic and evolving planet -- Plate tectonics: a unifying theory -- Minerals-the building blocks of rocks -- Igneous rocks and plutons -- Volcanoes and volcanism -- Weathering, erosion and soil -- Sediment and sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks -- Earthquakes and earth’s interior -- Deformation, mountain building, and eart's crust -- Mass wasting -- Running water-streams and rivers -- Groundwater -- Glaciers and glaciation -- The work of winds and deserts -- Ocean, shorelines and shoreline processes -- Geologic time: concepts and principles -- Organic evolution--the theory and its supporting evidence -- Precambrian earth and life history -- Paleozoic earth history -- Paleozoic life history -- Mesozoic earth and life history -- Cenozoic earth and life history -- Geology in perspective
SUBJECT
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Geology -- Textbooks
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Central Library (4th Floor) | 550 M753C 2012 |
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