Marshak S. Essentials of Geology 7ed 2022 torrent

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The gold standard text for helping students visualize and understand geologic processes makes hands-on and real-world exploration easier and more impactful than ever, in any course setting. New 3D specimen and digital elevation models, with corresponding Smartwork exercises, allow students to examine specimens and sites as if they were in the field or lab. And new highly visual “Practice What You Know” and “What Can You See?” activities at the end of each chapter and in Smartwork help students synthesize and apply important concepts like a geologist. Thoroughly updated with current events and essential data, the Seventh Edition also reveals the dynamism of geology and how it impacts our lives This purchase offers access to the digital ebook only.
Preface
PRELUDE And Just What Is Geology?
The Earth in Context
The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics
Patterns in Nature: Minerals
TERLUDE A Introducing Rocks
Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks
The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions
INTERLUDE B A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Soils
Pages of the Earth’s Past: Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphism: A Process of Change
INTERLUDE C The Rock Cycle
A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes
INTERLUDE D The Earth’s Interior Revisited: Insights from Geophysics
Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Geologic Structures and Mountain Building
INTERLUDE E Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution
Deep Time: How Old Is Old?
A Biography of the Earth
Riches in Rock: Energy and Mineral Resources
INTERLUDE F An Introduction to Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle
Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Wasting
Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water
Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts
A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater
Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts
Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages
Global Change in the Earth System
Metric Conversion Chart
The Periodic Table of Elements