The Dynamic Earth

An Introduction to Physical Geology

Brian J. Skinner, Stephen C. Porter, Jeffrey Park (Autoren)

Media-Kombination

648 Seiten

2003 | 5th edition
John Wiley & Sons Inc
978-0-471-15228-6 (ISBN)

Infos

With authoritative and detailed coverage, Skinner and Porter address all key areas of physical geology, as well as recent events that have shaped our world. The new edition is updated to address the latest in geoscientific research, theory, and knowledge.

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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.

Inhalt

1 Meet Planet Earth 2

2 Global Tectonics: Our Dynamic Planet 30

3 Atoms, Elements, Minerals, Rocks: Earth’s Building Materials 66

4 Igneous Rocks: Products of Earth’s Internal Fire 98

5 Magmas and Volcanoes 120

6 Weathering and Soils 147

7 Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks: Archives of Earth History 172

8 Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks: New Rocks from Old 202

9 How Rock Bends, Buckles, and Breaks 224

10 Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior 246

11 Geologic Time and the Rock Record 276

12 The Changing Face of the Land 302

13 Mass Wasting 324

14 Streams and Drainage Systems 352

15 Groundwater 382

16 Glaciers and Glaciation 410

17 Atmosphere, Winds and Deserts 446

18 The Oceans and Their Margins 474

19 Climate and Our Changing Planet 508

20 Earth Through Geologic Time 530

21 Resources of Minerals and Energy 560

Appendix A

Units and Their Conversions A1

Appendix B

Tables of the Chemical Elements and

Naturally Occurring Isotopes A4

Appendix C:

Table of the Properties of Common

Minerals A7

Glossary G1

Selected References, R1

Credits C1

Index I1

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 206 x 274 mm
• Gewicht: 1260 g
• Einbandart: Paperback
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• ISBN-10: 0-471-15228-5 / 0471152285
• ISBN-13: 978-0-471-15228-6 / 9780471152286
• Zustand: Neuware