The Handy Geology Answer Book
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The Handy Geology Answer Book

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eBook - ePub

The Handy Geology Answer Book

About this book

Answers hundreds of questions on the most interesting of topics—planet Earth!


It’s right under our feet every day—Earth and all its glorious components. From fossils, rocks, and minerals to caves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, The Handy Geology Answer Book traces the formation of the universe and the planet, investigating the layers of the planet and explaining the formation of mountains and bodies of water. Questions and answers are also devoted to physical and chemical processes, fossil fuels, the effects of global warming on glaciers, world morphological features, and even the geology of other planets.


It answers nearly 1,000 of the most frequently asked questions on the complexities that shaped our planet. It is also a trivia buff’s delight with the stats for Earth’s deepest (the Mariana, the deepest-known ocean trench), lowest (the shoreline of the Dead Sea), highest (Mt. Everest), the longest river (the Nile), and the largest freshwater lake (Lake Superior) along with the “how and why” of these features.


Easy to understand and use, The Handy Geology Answer Book is invaluable for students and general science readers of all ages. With numerous photos and illustrations, this informative book also includes a resource section on educational places, government organizations, and other references, a helpful bibliography, an extensive index, and a glossary of terms, adding to its usefulness. From the microscopic formation of crystals to the titanic, eons-long processes that result in islands, volcanoes, mountains, glaciers, oceans, continents, and even planets, you’ll learn about the events that created today’s world and the changes that continue to affect Earth every day.

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Yes, you can access The Handy Geology Answer Book by Patricia Barnes-Svarney,Thomas E Svarney in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Geology & Earth Sciences. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. DETAILS OF GEOLOGY
  7. MEASURING THE EARTH
  8. THE EARTH IN SPACE
  9. THE EARTH’S LAYERS
  10. ALL ABOUT MINERALS
  11. ROCK FAMILIES
  12. FOSSILS IN THE ROCKS
  13. FOSSIL FUELS
  14. WEARING AWAY THE EARTH
  15. BUILDING MOUNTAINS
  16. GEOLOGY AND WATER
  17. ICE ENVIRONMENTS
  18. EXAMINING EARTHQUAKES
  19. VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
  20. EXPLORING CAVES
  21. GEOLOGY AND THE OCEANS
  22. GEOLOGY AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
  23. PROMINENT GEOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES
  24. PROMINENT GEOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
  25. PROMINENT GEOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
  26. PROMINENT GEOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
  27. GEOLOGY RESOURCES
  28. Glossary
  29. Index
  30. About the Author
  31. Also from Visible Ink Press
  32. Copyright