Plummer, Charles C. creator McGeary, David (Late) Carlson, Diane H. text xxu Boston Higher education c2005 10th ed. monographic eng

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xix, 580 + various pagings: ill.; 28cm. 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. Charles C. Plummer, David McGeary and Diane H. Carlson Includes index. Geology QE28.2.P58 007252815x 120724