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Earth : portrait of a planet
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- Creator
- Stephen Marshak, University of Illinois
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Sixth edition
- New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
- ©2019
- Physical Details
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- xxviii, 913, A-1 to A-2, G-1 to G-28, C-1 to C-7, I-1 to I-42 pages, 2 unnumbered preliminary pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780393617511, 0393617513, 9780393640137, 0393640132
- OCLC
- on1029769610
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Prelude : and just what is geology? -- Our island in space. Cosmology and the birth of Earth -- Journey to the center of the Earth -- Drifting continents and spreading seas -- The way the Earth works: plate tectonics -- Earth materials. Patterns in nature : minerals -- Introducing rocks -- Up from the inferno : magma and igneous rocks -- A surface veneer : sediments and soils -- Pages of Earth's past : sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphism : a process of change -- The rock cycle in the Earth system -- Tectonic activity of a dynamic planet. The wrath of Vulcan : volcanic eruptions -- A violent pulse : earthquakes
- The Earth's interior, revisited : seismic layering, gravity, and the magnetic field -- Crags, cracks, and crumples : crustal deformation and mountain building -- History before history. Memories of past life : fossils and evolution -- Deep time : how old is old? -- A biography of earth -- Earth resources. Squeezing power from a stone : energy resources -- Riches in rock : mineral resources -- Processes and problems at the Earth's surface. Ever-changing landscapes and the hydrologic cycle -- Unsafe ground : landslides and other mass movements -- Streams and floods : the geology of running water -- Restless realm : oceans and coasts -- A hidden reserve : groundwater -- An envelope of gas : Earth's atmosphere and climate -- Dry regions : the geology of deserts -- Amazing ice : glaciers and ice ages -- Global change in the Earth system -- Appendix : additional maps and charts