Synopses & Reviews
With authoritative and detailed coverage, Skinner and Porter address all key areas of physical geology, as well as recent events that have shaped our world. The new edition is updated to address the latest in geoscientific research, theory, and knowledge.
Emphasis on the unifying themes of physical geology
Expands the earth systems science viewpoint of previous editions
Introduces readers to remote sensing, global positioning systems, and other tools
Exciting, first-hand accounts from the field relate geology to everyday life experiences
Includes a GeoDiscoveries CD with an interactive globe, animations, videos, and more
Synopsis
With authoritative and detailed coverage, Skinner and Porter address all key areas of physical geology, as well as recent events that have shaped our world. The new edition is updated to address the latest in geoscientific research, theory, and knowledge.
Synopsis
Includes a GeoDiscoveries CD with an interactive globe, animations, videos, and more
Table of Contents
- Meet Planet Earth!
- Global Tectonics: Our Dynamic Planet
- Atoms, Elements, Minerals
- Igneous Rocks: Products of Earth?s Internal Fire
- Magmas and Volcanoes
- Weathering and Soils
- Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks: Archives of Earth History
- Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks: New Rocks from Old
- How Rock Bends, Buckles, and Breaks
- Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
- Geologic Time and the Rock Record
- The Changing Face of the Land
- Mass Wasting
- Streams and Drainage Systems
- Groundwater
- Glaciers and Glaciation
- Atmosphere, Winds, and Deserts
- The Oceans and Their Margins
- Climate and our Changing Planet
- The Earth Through Time
- Resources of Minerals and Energy