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Exploring Geology

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ISBN-10: 007325651X

ISBN-13: 9780073256511

Edition: 2008

Authors: Stephen Reynolds, Julia Johnson, Michael Kelly, Paul Morin, Chuck Carter

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THE DESIGN OF THIS BOOK aims to make your reading and studying as efficient and enjoyable as possible. In normal textbooks, two major challenges are trying to decide what is most important and how the text relates to the figures. This book simplifies that process because the text and figures are already tightly integrated. The design of the text consists of a series of 200 two-page spreads. Each spread is designed to concisely convey the important aspects of a geological concept or system. The two-page spread design was greatly influenced by educational and cognitive research on how people learn. Also, this text has been designed to encourage inquiry and provide readers with tools to think…    
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Book details

List price: $120.94
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Binding: Paperback
Size: 9.00" wide x 10.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 3.278
Language: English

Award winning journalist Michael Kelly has provided eyewitness accounts from military actions from Kuwait to Bosnia. In Martyr's Day: Chronicle of a Small War, Kelly describes the bombing of Baghdad, the attack on Israel, and the American assault into Kuwait. He also wrote Siege: A Story of Bosnia, his first-hand account of the war in Bosnia. For his reporting, Kelly won a National Magazine Award and an Overseas Press Club Award.

Preface
The Nature of Geology
Investigating Geologic Questions
Plate Tectonics
Earth Materials
Igneous Environments
Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards
Sedimentary Environments
Metamorphism and Deformation
Geologic Time
The Seafloor and Continental Margins
Mountains, Basins, and Continents
Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
Climate, Weather, and Their Influences on Geology
Shorelines, Glaciers, and Changing Sea Levels
Weathering, Soils, and Unstable Slopes
Rivers and Streams
Water Resources
Energy and Mineral Resources
Geology of the Solar System
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