02174cam a2200373 i 4500 20059514 Main-000001 20250826084728.0 171012s2019 nyua 000 0 eng 2017049322 9781259916823 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1259916820 (pbk. : alk. paper) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc QE28.2 .P58 2019 551 23 Plummer, Charles C., 1937- author. 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). New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, [2019] 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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. Physical geology Textbooks. Geology Textbooks. Carlson, Diane H., author. Hammersley, Lisa, author. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BOOK 3 3 0 0 ddc 0 0 JHCSC JHCSC 1993-01-01 0000000001 2021-03-05 00:00:00 2021-03-05 BOOK