Understanding Earth / John Grotzinger, Thomas H. Jordan.
Language: English Publisher: New York : W.H. Freeman, c2010Edition: 6th edDescription: 1 v. (various pagings) col. ill., col. maps 28 cmISBN:- 9781429219518
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this sixth edition of Understanding Earth , students are encouraged to do what geologists do .
Understanding Earth is designed to bring the worldview of the working geologist to an audience not only new to this specific field, but in many cases to science in general.Students aren't merely presented with concepts and processes--they come to learn how we know what we know, and how that knowledge impacts their lives as citizens and helpful environmental stewards of the planet.
With new features, up-to-date research, brilliant new art, and standard-setting new media tools, the new edition more fully envelopes students in the real work and real-world impact of geology than ever.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The earth system -- Plate tectonics : the unifying theory -- Earth materials : minerals and rocks -- Igneous rocks : solids from melts -- Sedimentation : rocks formed by surface processes -- Metamorphism : alteration of rocks by temperature and pressure -- Deformation : modification of rocks by folding and fracturing -- Clocks in rocks : timing the geologic record -- Early history of the terrestrial planets -- History of the continents -- Geobiology : life interacts with Earth -- Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Exploring earth's interior -- The climate system -- Weathering, erosion, and mass wasting : interactions between, the climate and plate tectonic systems -- The hydrologic cycle and groundwater -- Stream transport : from mountains to oceans -- Winds and deserts -- Coastlines and the ocean basins -- Glaciers : the work of ice -- Landscape development -- The human impact on Earth's environment.
This textbook integrates concepts of chemistry, physics, and geology in the context of the Earth as a system. It introduces the processes driven by the interior of Earth, including plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanism, and introduction to study of Earth materials. The physical and chemical processes occurring at the surface of Earth with an emphasis on energy in the Earth system are investigated as are the human impacts to the Earth system, including chemical and physical aspects of water pollution, oceanography, air pollution, meteorology, and global climate change. The authors also present topics such as minerals, igneous rocks and processes, metamorphism and metamorphic rocks, rock deformation and geologic structures, in addition to topics that include sedimentary rocks, sedimentary processes, rock weathering, mass wasting, river systems, groundwater, glaciers, deserts, and coastal processes.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part I The Modern Theory and Practice of Geology
- 1 The Earth System
- 2 Plate Tectonics: The Unifying Theory
- Part II Basic Geologic Processes
- 3 Earth Materials: Minerals and Rocks
- 4 Igneous Processes: Rocks Formed from Cooling Melts
- 5 Sedimentation: Rocks Formed by Surface Processes
- 6 Metamorphism: Modification of Rocks by Temperature and Pressure
- 7 Deformation: Modification of Rocks by Folding and Faulting
- Part III Earth and Planets Through Geologic Time
- 8 Reading the Rock Record
- 9 Early History of the Terrestrial Planets
- 10 Evolution of the Continents
- 11 Life Interacts with the Earth
- Part IV Internal Geosystems
- 12 Volcanoes
- 13 Earthquakes
- 14 Exploring Earth's Interior
- Part V Surficial Geosystems
- 15 The Climate System
- 16 Weathering, Soils, and Mass Wasting
- 17 Groundwater and the Hydrologic Cycle
- 18 Streams: Transport to the Oceans
- 19 Winds and Deserts
- 20 Oceans and Coastlines
- 21 Glaciers: The Work of Ice
- 22 Landscapes and Seascapes
- Part VI Earth Science and Society
- 23 The Human Impact on Earth's Environment