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The changing Earth : exploring geology and evolution /
Monroe, James S. 1938-
The changing Earth : exploring geology and evolution / James S. Monroe, Reed Wicander. - Fifth edition. - xv, 735 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Understanding Earth : a dynamic and evolving planet -- Plate tectonics : a unifying theory -- Minerals, the building blocks of rocks -- Igneous rocks and intrusive igneous activity -- Volcanoes and volcanism -- Weathering, soil, and sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks -- Earthquakes and Earth's interior -- The seafloor -- Deformation, mountain building, and the continents -- Mass wasting -- Running water -- Groundwater -- Glaciers and glaciations -- The work of wind and deserts -- Shorelines and shoreline processes -- Geologic time : concepts and principles -- Evolution, the theory and its supporting evidence -- Precambrian Earth and life history -- Paleozoic Earth history -- Paleozoic life history -- Mesozoic Earth and life history -- Cenozoic Earth and life history -- Physical and historical geology in perspective.
9780495554806 0495554804
2007940303
Geology--Textbooks.
QE28 / .M686 2008
The changing Earth : exploring geology and evolution / James S. Monroe, Reed Wicander. - Fifth edition. - xv, 735 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Understanding Earth : a dynamic and evolving planet -- Plate tectonics : a unifying theory -- Minerals, the building blocks of rocks -- Igneous rocks and intrusive igneous activity -- Volcanoes and volcanism -- Weathering, soil, and sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks -- Earthquakes and Earth's interior -- The seafloor -- Deformation, mountain building, and the continents -- Mass wasting -- Running water -- Groundwater -- Glaciers and glaciations -- The work of wind and deserts -- Shorelines and shoreline processes -- Geologic time : concepts and principles -- Evolution, the theory and its supporting evidence -- Precambrian Earth and life history -- Paleozoic Earth history -- Paleozoic life history -- Mesozoic Earth and life history -- Cenozoic Earth and life history -- Physical and historical geology in perspective.
9780495554806 0495554804
2007940303
Geology--Textbooks.
QE28 / .M686 2008
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