Edited by Busch, Richard M. creator text xxu New York Macmillan Publishing Company 1993 3rd ed. monographic eng

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xi, 260p. : ill. ; 28cm. Contents: 1. Earth - a planetary perspective -- 2. Mineral properties, uses, and identification -- 3. Introduction to rocks and the rock cycle -- 4. Igneous processes and rocks -- 5. Sedimentary processes and rocks -- 6. Metamorphic processes and rocks -- 7. Topographic maps and aerial photographs -- 8. Groundwater processes and use -- 9. Surface water processes and fluvial landscapes -- 10. Coastal processes and landforms -- 11. Desert processes and landforms -- 12. Glacial processes and landforms -- 13. Dating of rocks and geologic events -- 14. Structural geology -- 15. Subsurface geology and fossil fuel exploration -- 16. Earthquakes -- 17. Earth's magnetic field: reversals of direction -- 18. Magnetic intensity anomalies and seafloor spreading -- 19. Lunar processes and history. Edited by Richard M. Busch. Includes appendix. QE44.L33 002301071 180417