GEOL
By: [Reed Wicander, James S. Monroe]
Contributors: Monroe, James S. (James Stewart), 1938-
Edition: Student ed.
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9780538494533
Subjects: Earth sciences; Geology
Other titles: Geology
Notes: Cover title.

"A student-tested, faculty-approved approach to learning introductory geology."

Includes index and chapter reviews.
Table of contents: title: Understanding Earth; title: Plate tectonics; title: Minerals; title: Igneous rocks and intrusive igneous activity; title: Volcanoes and volcanism; title: Weathering, soil, and sedimentary rocks; title: Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks; title: Earthquakes and Earth's interior; title: The seafloor; title: Deformation, mountain building, and the continents; title: Mass wasting; title: Running water; title: Groundwater; title: Glaciers and glaciation; title: The work of wind and deserts; title: Shorelines and shoreline processes; title: Geologic time; title: Earth history; title: Life history.