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Earth / [by] Frank Press [and] Raymond Siever.

By: Press, Frank.
Contributor(s): Siever, Raymond.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Series of books in geology: Publisher: San Francisco : W. H. Freeman, [1974]Description: xi, 945 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0716702614.Subject(s): Physical geologyDDC classification: 550
Contents:
Part I The earth as an historically evolved body and how we study it: History of the earth and solar system -- The geological time scale and the rock record -- How we find out about the earth: observation, experiment and deduction -- Rocks and minerals -- Part II The skin of the earth: surface processes: The face of the earth: landscape and sea floor -- Weathering: the decomposition of rocks -- The natural water cycle and groundwater -- The beginning of erosion and transportation: breakup of rocks and downhill movement -- Rivers - currents, channels and networks -- Wind, dust and deserts -- The flow of ice - glaciers -- Ocean processes -- Sedimentation and sedimentary rocks -- Earth and life -- Part III The body of the earth: internal processes: The internal heat of the earth -- Formation of igneous rocks -- Volcanism -- Plutonism and metamorphism -- Seismology and the earth's interior -- The earth's magnetism and gravity -- Global plate tectonics - the unifying model -- Deformation of the earth's crust -- The planets - a summary of current knowledge -- Matter and energy from the earth.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 550 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00044163
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The classic text for majors in physical geology courses.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I The earth as an historically evolved body and how we study it: History of the earth and solar system -- The geological time scale and the rock record -- How we find out about the earth: observation, experiment and deduction -- Rocks and minerals -- Part II The skin of the earth: surface processes: The face of the earth: landscape and sea floor -- Weathering: the decomposition of rocks -- The natural water cycle and groundwater -- The beginning of erosion and transportation: breakup of rocks and downhill movement -- Rivers - currents, channels and networks -- Wind, dust and deserts -- The flow of ice - glaciers -- Ocean processes -- Sedimentation and sedimentary rocks -- Earth and life -- Part III The body of the earth: internal processes: The internal heat of the earth -- Formation of igneous rocks -- Volcanism -- Plutonism and metamorphism -- Seismology and the earth's interior -- The earth's magnetism and gravity -- Global plate tectonics - the unifying model -- Deformation of the earth's crust -- The planets - a summary of current knowledge -- Matter and energy from the earth.