Physical geology.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2019]Edition: Sixteenth edition / Charles C. Plummer (Emeritus of California State University at Sacramento), Diane H. Carlson (Emeritus of California State University at Sacramento), Lisa Hammersley (California State University at Sacramento)Description: 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cmContent type: - text
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- 9781259916823 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1259916820 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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- QE28.2 .P58 2019
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Includes index.
Introducing geology, the essentials of plate tectonics, and other important concepts -- Atoms, elements, and minerals -- Igneous rocks, the origin and evolution of magma, and intrusive activity -- Volcanism and extrusive rocks -- Weathering and soil -- Sediment and sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks -- Time and geology -- Mass wasting -- Streams and floods -- Groundwater -- Glaciers and glaciation -- Deserts and wind action -- Waves, beaches, and coasts -- Geologic structures -- Earthquakes -- Earth's interior and geophysical properties -- The sea floor -- Plate tectonics : the unifying theory -- Mountain belts and the continental crust -- Global climate change -- Resources -- The Earth's companions.
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