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020 _a007252815x
050 _aQE28.2.P58
100 _aPlummer, Charles C.
245 _aPhysical geology. /
_cCharles C. Plummer, David McGeary and Diane H. Carlson
250 _a10th ed.
260 _aBoston:
_bHigher education,
_cc2005.
300 _axix, 580 + various pagings:
_bill.;
_c28cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 _aContens: 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.
650 _bGeology.
700 _aMcGeary, David (Late)
700 _aCarlson, Diane H.
942 _2lcc
_cBK
999 _c1817
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