Changing Earth Exploring Geology and Evolutions, Media Edition (with Earth Systems Today CD-ROM and InfoTrac),9780534384685

Changing Earth Exploring Geology and Evolutions, Media Edition (with Earth Systems Today CD-ROM and InfoTrac)

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780534384685
ISBN10: 0534384684
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-12-22
Publisher(s): Brooks Cole
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Author Biography

James S. Monroe is professor emeritus of geology at Central Michigan University where he taught physical geology, historical geology, prehistoric life, and stratigraphy and sedimentology since 1975 Reed Wicander is a geology professor at Central Michigan University where he teaches physical geology, historical geology, prehistoric life, and invertebrate paleontology

Table of Contents

Preface xix
Developing Critical Thinking and Study Skills xxiv
Understanding Earth: An Introduction
2(23)
Minerals
25(21)
Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Igneous Activity
46(20)
Volcanism
66(26)
Weathering, Soil, Sediment, and Sedimentary Rocks
92(32)
Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
124(20)
Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
144(30)
The Sea Floor
174(20)
Plate Tectonics: A Unifying Theory
194(30)
Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents
224(26)
Mass Wasting
250(28)
Running Water
278(28)
Groundwater
306(28)
Glaciers and Glaciation
334(24)
The Work of Wind and Deserts
358(26)
Shorelines and Shoreline Processes
384(24)
Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles
408(30)
Fossils and Evolution
438(26)
A History of the Universe, Solar System, and Planets
464(26)
Precambrian Earth and Life History
490(34)
Paleozoic Earth History
524(40)
Paleozoic Life History
564(32)
Mesozoic Earth and Life History
596(38)
Cenozoic Earth and Life History
634

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