Introduction to Environmental Geology

Name: Introduction to Environmental Geology
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ISBN: 9780132251501

ISBN-10: 0132251507

ISBN-13: 9780132251501

Edition: 4th 2008

Authors: Edward A. Keller

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As the human population increases, many decisions concerning our use of natural resources will determine our standard of living and the quality of our environment. This reader-friendly book helps readers develop an understanding of how geology interacts with major environmental problems facing society. Included with every text, the Hazard City CD-ROM gives instructors meaningful, easy-to-assign, and easy-to-grade assignments based on the idealized town of Hazard City. Focuses on five fundamental concepts of environmental geology: Human Population Growth, Sustainability, Earth as a System, Hazardous Earth Processes, and Scientific Knowledge and Values. Features new chapters on Impacts of…

Book details

List price: $163.60
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 4/16/2007
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 752
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.278
Language: English



Please note this Table of Contents is from the third edition of Introduction to Geology



Foundations of Environmental Geology



Philosophy and Fundamental Concepts



Internal Structure of the Earth and Plate Tectonics



Minerals and Rocks



Earth Processes and Natural Hazards



Introduction to Natural Hazards



Earthquakes and Related Phenomena



Volcanic Activity



Rivers and Flooding



Slope Processes, Landslides, and Subsidence



Coastal Processes



Impact of Extraterrestrial Objects



Resources and Pollution



Water Resources



Water Pollution



Mineral Resources



Energy and Resources



Soils and Environment



Waste as a Resource: Waste Management



Air Pollution



Environmental Management, Global Perspectives, and Society



Global Climate Change



Geology, Society, and the Future