Beschreibung:
An introduction to geology -- Plate tectonics : a scientific revolution unfolds -- Matter and minerals -- Magma, igneous rocks, and intrusive activity -- Volcanoes and volcanic hazards -- Weathering and soil -- Sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks -- Geologic time -- Crustal deformation -- Earthquakes and earthquake hazards -- Earth's interior -- Divergent boundaries : origin and evolution of the ocean floor -- Convergent boundaries : origin of mountains -- Mass wasting : the work of gravity -- Running water -- Groundwater -- Glaciers and glaciation -- Deserts and winds -- Shorelines -- Global climate change -- Earth's evolution through geologic time -- Energy and mineral resources -- Planetary geology.