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Title

Earth : portrait of a planet / Stephen Marshak.

Author

Marshak, Stephen, 1955-

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton, c2008.

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Description

xxiii, 832, [100] p. : col. ill., col. maps; 28 cm.

Summary

Written for students of geology, this text incorporates advances in earth science such as plate tectonics, global warming, and the interconnectivity between the history of Earth and the history of life.

Subject

• Geology > Textbooks
• Aardwetenschappen

Genre/Form

Textbooks

Note

• Previous ed.: 2005.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part 1. Our Island in Space -- Chapter 1. Cosmology and the Birth of Earth -- Ch. 2. Journey to the Center of the Earth -- Ch. 3. Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas -- Ch. 4. The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics -- pt. 2. Earth Materials -- Ch. 5. Patterns in Nature: Minerals -- Ch. 6. Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks -- Ch. 7. A Surface Veneer: Sediments, Soils, and Sedimentary Rocks -- Ch. 8. Metamorphism: A Process of Change -- pt. 3 Tectonic Activity of a Dynamic Planet -- Ch. 9. The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions -- Ch. 10. A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes -- Ch. 11. Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building -- pt. 4 History before History -- Ch. 12. Deep Time: How Old Is Old? -- Ch. 13. A Biography of Earth -- pt. 5. Earth Resources -- Ch. 14. Squeezing Power from a Stone: Energy Resources -- Ch. 15. Riches in Rock: Mineral Resources -- pt. 6 Processes and Problems at the Earths Surface -- Ch. 16. Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements -- Ch. 17. Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water -- Ch. 18. Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts -- Ch. 19. A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater -- Ch. 20. An Envelope of Gas: Earths Atmosphere and Climate -- Ch. 21. Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts -- Ch. 22. Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages -- Ch. 23. Global Change in the Earth System.

ISBN

• 9780393111378
• 0393111377
• 039393036X
• 9780393930368

OCLC

• 215735555
• SCSB-10086228

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library