How Does Earth Work? Physical Geology and the Process of Science

Name: How Does Earth Work? Physical Geology and the Process of Science
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780136003687

ISBN-10: 0136003680

ISBN-13: 9780136003687

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Gary Smith, Aurora Pun

List price: $233.32

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Sell

Get cash fast!

Semester Rental: $19.09 Due date: 8/14/2024

Rental notice: supplementary materials (access codes, CDs, etc.) are not guaranteed with rental orders.

Buy used: $21.23

Marketplace

4 new & used from $13.53

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

With its unconventional yet highly effective approach,How Does Earth Work?demonstrates the process of science as a vehicle for investigating physical geology. Smith and Pun connect readers to the evidence behind the facts, instead of reproducing known facts-sparking interest in how science is practiced and how we know what we know. Why Study Earth? Minerals: Building Blocks of the Planet; Rocks and Rock-Forming Processes; Formation of Magma and Igneous Rocks; Formation of Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks; Formation of Metamorphic Rocks; Earth Materials as Time Keepers; Journey to the Center of Earth; Making Earth; Motion Inside Earth; Deformation of Rocks; Global Tectonics: Plates and Plumes;…

Book details

List price: $233.32
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 1/21/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 640
Size: 9.09" wide x 10.39" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 3.476
Language: English




Why Study Earth?



Minerals: Building Blocks of the Planet



Rocks and Rock-Forming Processes



Formation of Magma and Igneous Rocks



Formation of Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks



Formation of Metamorphic Rocks



Earth Materials as Time Keepers



Journey to the Center of Earth



Making Earth



Motion Inside Earth



Deformation of Rocks



Global Tectonics: Plates and Plumes



Tectonics and Surface Relief



Soil Formation and Landscape Stability



Mass Movements: Landscapes in Motion



Streams: Flowing Water Shapes the Landscape



Water Flowing Underground



Glaciers: Cold-Climate Sculptors of Continents



Shorelines: Changing Landscapes Where Land Meets Sea



Wind: A Global Geologic Process



Global Warming: Real-time Change in the Earth System Why Study Climate Change?