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Earth :

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portrait of a planet /

Stephen Marshak, University of Illinois.

Sixth edition.

London :

W.W. Norton & Company,

[2019]

©2019

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

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.

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Portrait of a planet

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