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The Essential Earth

by Thomas H. Jordan; John Grotzinger

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The Essential Earth

Second Edition ©2012

ISBN-10: 1-4292-5524-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-5524-0
Paper Text, 464 pages

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CHAPTER 1 Why We Study Earth
CHAPTER 2 How We Study Earth
CHAPTER 3 Plate Tectonics: The Unifying Theory of Geology
CHAPTER 4 Earth Materials: Minerals and Rocks
CHAPTER 5 Igneous Processes and Volcanism 
CHAPTER 6 Sedimentation: Rocks Formed by Surface Processes
CHAPTER 7 Deformation and Metamorphism 
CHAPTER 8 Timing the Geologic Record 
CHAPTER 9 History of Earth
CHAPTER 10 The Climate System and Glaciation
CHAPTER 11 The Hydrologic Cycle and Groundwater
CHAPTER 12 Shaping Earth’s Surface: Streams, Coastlines, and Wind 
CHAPTER 13 Earthquakes and Earth Structure 000
CHAPTER 14 Human Impact on Earth’s Environment 

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