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Dynamic earth / created by Brian J Skinner, Stephen C Porter and Jeffrey Park

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: John Wiley & Sons 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xx, 584 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781118523018 (pbk)
  • 1118523016
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QE501 SKI
Contents:
1. Meet planet earth 2. Global tectonics : our dynamic planet 3. Atoms, elements, minerals, rocks : earth's building materials 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 rocks 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. Earth through geologic time 21. Resources of minerals and energy Appendices
Summary: Uses GPS measurements to introduce plate tectonics and covers historic evidence, based on paleomagnetism. * Features revised chapter order based on feedback from users * Integrates throughout the book discussions of human effects on the environment.
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Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Archive Archive Main Library Archives QE501 SKI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 128203 Not for loan BK105045
Book Book Zvishavane Mining Sciences Library Open Shelf QE501 SKI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 126410 Available BK102846

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Meet planet earth
2. Global tectonics : our dynamic planet
3. Atoms, elements, minerals, rocks : earth's building materials
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 rocks 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. Earth through geologic time
21. Resources of minerals and energy
Appendices

Uses GPS measurements to introduce plate tectonics and covers historic evidence, based on paleomagnetism. * Features revised chapter order based on feedback from users * Integrates throughout the book discussions of human effects on the environment.

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