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Holmes principles of physical geology / Arthur Holmes.

By: Holmes, Arthur, 1890-1965.
Contributor(s): Holmes, Doris L, 1899-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Wokingham, Berkshire : Van Nostrand Reinhold (UK), 1978 1983Edition: 3rd ed. / rev. by Doris L. Holmes.Description: 730 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0442307802.Other title: Principles of physical geology.Subject(s): Physical geologyDDC classification: 551
Contents:
Science and the world we live in -- The dynamic earth -- The changing continental surfaces -- Materials of the earth's crust: atoms and minerals -- Igneous rocks: volcanic and plutonic -- Sedimentary rocks -- Pages of earth history -- Metamorphic rocks and granitization -- Tectonic features: folds and faults -- Structural features: salt domes and plugs -- Structural features: igneous intrusions -- Volcanoes and their products -- Dating the pages of earth history -- Rock weathering and soils -- Underground waters -- Life as a fuel maker: coal and oil -- surface erosion and landscape slopes -- The work of rivers -- Development of river systems and associated landscapes -- Glaciers and glaciation -- Ice ages and their problems -- Wind action and desert landscapes -- Coastal scenery and the work of the sea -- Marine sediments and the ocean floor -- Earthquakes and the earth's interior -- The crust, mantle moving lithosphere, and core -- Magnetism, palaeomagnetism, and drifting continents -- Reassembling the continents -- Plate tectonics -- Orogenic belts: the evolution of fold mountains -- Some mechanisms.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 551 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00157019
Total holds: 0

Previous ed. published in 1965 under title: Principles of physical geology.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Science and the world we live in -- The dynamic earth -- The changing continental surfaces -- Materials of the earth's crust: atoms and minerals -- Igneous rocks: volcanic and plutonic -- Sedimentary rocks -- Pages of earth history -- Metamorphic rocks and granitization -- Tectonic features: folds and faults -- Structural features: salt domes and plugs -- Structural features: igneous intrusions -- Volcanoes and their products -- Dating the pages of earth history -- Rock weathering and soils -- Underground waters -- Life as a fuel maker: coal and oil -- surface erosion and landscape slopes -- The work of rivers -- Development of river systems and associated landscapes -- Glaciers and glaciation -- Ice ages and their problems -- Wind action and desert landscapes -- Coastal scenery and the work of the sea -- Marine sediments and the ocean floor -- Earthquakes and the earth's interior -- The crust, mantle moving lithosphere, and core -- Magnetism, palaeomagnetism, and drifting continents -- Reassembling the continents -- Plate tectonics -- Orogenic belts: the evolution of fold mountains -- Some mechanisms.