Physical geology
Subtitle: Earth revealed.
Contributors: Plummer, Charles C., 1937-; McGeary, David.
Edition: 8th ed. / Diane H. Carlson, Charles C. Plummer, David McGeary.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dubuque, IA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9780073376677
Subjects: Physical geology -- Textbooks
Genres: Textbooks.
Other titles: Earth revealed; Earth revealed (Television program)
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing geology, the essentials of plate tectonics, and other important concepts; title: Earth's interior and geophysical properties; title: The sea floor; title: Plate tectonics; title: Mountain belts and the continental crust; title: Geologic structures; title: Earthquakes; title: Time and geology; title: Atoms, elements, and minerals; title: Volcanism and extrusive rocks; title: Igneous rocks, intrusive activity, and the origin of igneous rocks; title: Weathering and soil; title: Mass wasting; title: Sediment and sedimentary rocks; title: Metamorphism, metamorphic rocks, and hydrothermal rocks; title: Streams and floods; title: Ground water; title: Deserts and wind action; title: Glaciers and glaciation; title: Waves, beaches, and coasts; title: Geologic resources; title: Earth's companions.