Environmental geology
Subtitle: an earth system science approach
By: Dorothy J. Merritts, Andrew De Wet, Kirsten Menking.
Contributors: DeWet, Andrew.; Menking, Kirsten.
Publisher: W.H. Freeman
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Environmental geology.
Description: Environmental Geology reflects the view held by a growing number of geologists that an integrated Earth system science approach provides essential insights into the workings of the whole Earth and is crucial to the development of scientific literacy.

Unique, contemporary, and visually stunning, this new textbook guides the reader toward a personal understanding of Earth's varied environments, the whole Earth system that connects them, and the local and global ramifications of natural events and human intervention.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.