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Physical Geology: The Science of EarthNovember 2010, ©2011
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The introductory geology course is a forum where students learn about the scientific underpinnings of geology and how those apply to their roles as critical thinkers and decision makers. Physical Geology: The Science of Earth is a flexible learning tool that equips students with assets and content necessary to understand our planet and the science that drives it. By combining traditional introductory content with unique topics and innovative pedagogy, author Chip Fletcher challenges students to think critically about physical geology and its impact on their lives and the planet.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY.
Chapter 2 SOLAR SYSTEM.
Chapter 3 PLATE TECTONICS.
Chapter 4 MINERALS.
Chapter 5 IGNEOUS ROCK.
Chapter 6 VOLCANOES.
Chapter 7 WEATHERING.
Chapter 8 SEDIMENTARY ROCK.
Chapter 9 METAMORPHIC ROCK.
Chapter 10 GEOLOGIC RESOURCES.
Chapter 11 MOUNTAIN BUILDING.
Chapter 12 EARTHQUAKES.
Chapter 13 GEOLOGIC TIME.
Chapter 14 EARTH’S HISTORY.
Chapter 15 THE GEOLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES.
Chapter 16 GLOBAL WARMING.
Chapter 17 GLACIERS AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY.
Chapter 18 MASS WASTING.
Chapter 19 SURFACE WATER.
Chapter 20 GROUNDWATER.
Chapter 21 DESERTS AND WIND.
Chapter 22 COASTAL GEOLOGY.
Chapter 23 MARINE GEOLOGY.
APPENDIX.
GLOSSARY.
PHOTO CREDITS.
INDEX.
Hallmark Features
- For ease of reading, we offer text in two page segments. Students find the book approachable, succinct, and extremely well organized.
- Woven into each page are critical thinking exercises (similar to lab exercises) linked to illustrations and photos. These can all be graded automatically on-line.
- We discuss relevant and provocative global issues such as peak oil, global warming, drought and water stress, population growth, natural hazards, environmental management, and others.
- Provides classroom problems to supplement lecture.
- Emphasizing the basic principles of geology, this text is easy to adopt into an existing syllabus. For example, plate tectonics is introduced early, and the entire text teaches to tectonics as a unifying theory of geology.
- The writing is clear and jargon free. Reviewers emphasized, “These chapters are especially easy to read!”
- Every page has several pieces of accurate, detailed, beautiful illustrations and photos.
Available Versions
Physical Geology: The Science of Earth
ISBN 978-0-471-22037-4
November 2010, ©2011
Paperback, 704 pages
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Physical Geology: The Science of Earth
ISBN 978-0-470-91308-6
February 2011, ©2011
Wiley E-Text
