GEOL /
Geology
[Reed Wicander, James S. Monroe].
- Student ed.
- Belmont, CA : Brooks/Cole, 2011.
- xi, 435, [41] p. : col. ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Cover title. "A student-tested, faculty-approved approach to learning introductory geology." Includes index and chapter reviews.
Understanding Earth -- Plate tectonics -- Minerals -- Igneous rocks and intrusive igneous activity -- Volcanoes and volcanism -- Weathering, soil, and sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks -- Earthquakes and Earth's interior -- The seafloor -- Deformation, mountain building, and the continents -- Mass wasting -- Running water -- Groundwater -- Glaciers and glaciation -- The work of wind and deserts -- Shorelines and shoreline processes -- Geologic time -- Earth history -- Life history.