Plummer, Charles C. 1937- creator author. Carlson, Diane H. author. Hammersley, Lisa author. text nyu 2019 Sixteenth edition / monographic eng

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1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm 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. Includes index. Physical geology Textbooks Geology Textbooks QE28.2 .P58 2019 551 9781259916823 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1259916820 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2017049322 DLC 171012 20250826084728.0 20059514 eng