Physical geology. /
Charles C. Plummer, David McGeary and Diane H. Carlson
- 10th ed.
- Boston: Higher education, c2005.
- xix, 580 + various pagings: ill.; 28cm.
Includes index.
Contens: Introducing geology and an overview of 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, metamorphic rocks, and hydrothermal rocks -- Time and geology -- Mass wasting -- Streams and floods -- Ground water -- Glaciers and glaciation -- Desert 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 -- Geologic resources -- The Earth's companions.