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Physical geology.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plummer, Charles C., 1937- (Author)
Other Authors: Carlson, Diane H., Hammersley, Lisa
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2013]
Edition:14th ed. /
Subjects:
Physical geology > Textbooks.
Physical geology.
Geologie
Lehrbuch.
Textbooks.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing geology, the essentials of plate tectonics, and other important concepts
  • Atoms, elements, and minerals
  • Igneous rocks, intrusive activity, and the origin of igneous rocks
  • Volcanism and extrusive rocks
  • Weathering and soil
  • Sediment and sedimentary rocks
  • metamorphism, metaporphic rocks, and hydrothermal rocks
  • Tiem and geology
  • Mass wasting
  • Streams and floods
  • Groundwater
  • Glaciers and glaciation
  • Desertsand wind action
  • Waves, beaches, and coasts
  • geologic structures
  • Earthquakes
  • Earth's interior and geophysical properties
  • The sea floor
  • Plate tectonics-the unfying theory
  • Mountain belts and the continental crust
  • Global climate change
  • Resources
  • The earth companions.