Geology Today

Part One: THE THIRD PLANET * Earth in Space: The Science of the Earth System * Earth's Materials: Atoms, Elements, Minerals, and Rocks * Earth in Time: The Rock Record and Geologic Time Part Two: THE DYNAMIC EARTH * Plate Tectonics: A Unifying Theory * Earthquakes and the Earth's Interior * From the Earth's Interior: Volcanoes and Igneous Rocks Part Three: THE CHANGING EARTH * Weathering and Erosion * From Sediment to Rock: Rocks that Form near the Earth's Surface * Folds, Faults, and Geologic Maps * Metamorphism: Making New Rock from Old * The Rock Cycle Revisited: Where Different Rocks Form and Why Part Four: WATER WORLD * Water On and Under the Ground * Oceans, Winds, Waves, and Coastlines * Deserts, Glaciers, and Climatic Change Part Five: LIVING ON PLANET EARTH * A Brief History of Life on Earth * Earth Resources * The Role of Geoscientists in the Twenty--First Century APPENDIX A: Units and their Conversions APPENDIX B: The Chemical Elements APPENDIX C: Bowen's Reaction Series APPENDIX D: Interpreting Geologic Maps

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