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More About This Title Physical Geology: The Science of Earth, Second Edition
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Physical Geology: The Science of Earth, 2nd Edition provides students with a variety of ways to learn the content of physical geology and offer them an opportunity to learn through multiple intelligences. Throughout the text, the challenge of critical thinking and the high-interest of relevant subject matter is used to build on other knowledge. Physical Geology: The Science of Earth, 2nd Edition explores all the standard introductory Physical Geology topics using recent research, innovative pedagogy and a stunning art program to show students how they can take geology and apply it to their world as a whole.
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Chapter 1 An Introduction to Geology
Chapter 2 Solar System
Chapter 3 Plate Tectonics
Chapter 4 Minerals
Chapter 5 Igneous Rock
Chapter 6 Volcanoes
Chapter 7 Weathering
Chapter 8 Sedimentary Rock
Chapter 9 Metamorphic Rock
Chapter 10 Mountain Building
Chapter 11 Earthquakes
Chapter 12 Geologic Time
Chapter 13 Earth’s History
Chapter 14 Climate Change
Chapter 15 Glaciers and Paleoclimatology
Chapter 16 Mass Wasting
Chapter 17 Surface Water
Chapter 18 Groundwater
Chapter 19 Deserts and Wind
Chapter 20 Coastal Geology
Chapter 21 Marine Geology
