TY - BOOK AU - Plummer, Charles C. AU - McGeary, David (Late) AU - Carlson, Diane H. TI - Physical geology. SN - 007252815x AV - QE28.2.P58 PY - 2005/// CY - Boston PB - Higher education KW - Geology N1 - 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. ER -