Earth: Portrait of a Planet
Author:Stephen Marshak
Edition:6th Edition
Chapters
- Chapter 1: Cosmology and the Birth of the Earth→
- Chapter 2: Journey to the Center of the Earth→
- Chapter 3: Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas→
- Chapter 4: The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics→
- Chapter 5: Patterns in Nature: Minerals→
- Chapter 6: Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks→
- Chapter 7: Pages of the Earth's Past: Sedimentary Rocks→
- Chapter 8: Metamorphism: A Process of Change→
- Chapter 9: The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions→
- Chapter 10: A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes→
- Chapter 11: Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building→
- Chapter 12: Deep Time: How Old Is Old?→
- Chapter 13: A Biography of the Earth→
- Chapter 14: Squeezing Power from a Stone: Energy Resources→
- Chapter 15: Riches in Rock: Mineral Resources→
- Chapter 16: Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements→
- Chapter 17: Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water→
- Chapter 18: Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts→
- Chapter 19: A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater→
- Chapter 20: An Envelope of Gas: The Earth's Atmosphere and Climate→
- Chapter 21: Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts→
- Chapter 22: Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages→
- Chapter 23: Global Change in the Earth System→
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