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About this book
Wicander/Monroe's Geology: Earth in Perspective, 3rd edition, brings geology to life while accommodating your busy lifestyle--and at a value-based price. It provides a complete overview of introductory geology in a succinct, engaging format. Online videos, animations, interactive mapping, and other learning tools further your understanding of physical geology and its relevance to everyday life. The revised text incorporates the latest examples, case studies, and data, including natural disasters, renewable energy, new insight on paleoseismology, sustainability, and updated dating techniques that more accurately identify historic climate change periods. GEO-FOCUS boxes spotlight issues straight from the headlines, and economic and environmental geology topics are integrated throughout.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Author Biography
- Chapter 1: Understanding Earth: A Dynamic and Evolving Planet
- Chapter 2: Plate Tectonics: A Unifying Theory
- Chapter 3: Minerals: The Building Blocks of Rocks
- Chapter 4: Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Igneous Activity
- Chapter 5: Volcanoes and Volcanism
- Chapter 6: Weathering, Soil, and Sedimentary Rocks
- Chapter 7: Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
- Chapter 8: Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
- Chapter 9: Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents
- Chapter 10: Mass Wasting
- Chapter 11: Running Water
- Chapter 12: Groundwater
- Chapter 13: Glaciers and Glaciation
- Chapter 14: The Work of Wind and Deserts
- Chapter 15: Oceans, Shorelines, and Shoreline Processes
- Chapter 16: Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles
- Chapter 17: Earth History
- Chapter 18: Life History
- Appendices
- Answers: Multiple-Choice Questions
- Answers: Selected Short Answer Questions
- Glossary
- Index