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Plummer, Charles C., 1937-

Physical geology. - 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). - 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

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.

ISBN: 9781259916823 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1259916820 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2017049322

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Physical geology--Textbooks.
Geology--Textbooks.

LC Class. No.: QE28.2 / .P58 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 551