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Physical geology / created by Charles Plummer, Diane Carlson and Lisa Hammersley

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: Fourteenth edition African editionDescription: 689 pages : illustrastions ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781121913950
  • 1121913954
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QE28.2 PLU
Contents:
Introducing geology, the essentials of plate tectonics, and other important concepts Atoms, elements, and minerals Igneous rocks, extrusive rocks Weathering and soil Sediment and sedimentary rocks Metamorphism, metamorphic rocks, and hydrothermal rocks Time and geology Mass wasting Streams and floods Ground water Glaciers and glaciation Deserts and wind action Waves, beaches and coasts Geologic structures Earthquakes Earth's interior and geophysical properties The sea floor Plate tectonics Mountain belts and the continental crust Resources The earth's companions
Summary: An introduction to geology for both majors and nonmajors. The organization of the text is traditional and matches the organization of most lab manuals. For this edition (5th ed., 1991), major revisions have been made in the introductory chapter and in the chapters on igneous rocks, plate tectonics, and mountains, and new photos are used throughout. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland
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Book Book Batanai Library Open Shelf QE28.2 PLU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 118469 Available BK93992
Book Book Batanai Library Open Shelf QE28.2 PLU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 118468 Available BK93977
Archive Archive Main Library Archives QE28.2 PLU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 126842 Not for loan BK103181
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Book Book Zvishavane Mining Sciences Library Open Shelf QE28.2 PLU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 118472 Available BK93974
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Book Book Zvishavane Mining Sciences Library Open Shelf QE28.2 PLU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 118473 Available BK93980

Includes index.

Introducing geology, the essentials of plate tectonics, and other important concepts
Atoms, elements, and minerals
Igneous rocks, extrusive rocks
Weathering and soil
Sediment and sedimentary rocks
Metamorphism, metamorphic rocks, and hydrothermal rocks
Time and geology
Mass wasting
Streams and floods
Ground water
Glaciers and glaciation
Deserts and wind action
Waves, beaches and coasts
Geologic structures
Earthquakes
Earth's interior and geophysical properties
The sea floor
Plate tectonics
Mountain belts and the continental crust
Resources
The earth's companions

An introduction to geology for both majors and nonmajors. The organization of the text is traditional and matches the organization of most lab manuals. For this edition (5th ed., 1991), major revisions have been made in the introductory chapter and in the chapters on igneous rocks, plate tectonics, and mountains, and new photos are used throughout. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland

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