Earth : portrait of a planet / Stephen Marshak, University of Illinois.

• Prelude : and just what is geology? -- Our island in space. Cosmology and the birth of Earth -- Journey to the center of the Earth -- Drifting continents and spreading seas -- The way the Earth works: plate tectonics -- Earth materials. Patterns in nature : minerals -- Introducing rocks -- Up from the inferno : magma and igneous rocks -- A surface veneer : sediments and soils -- Pages of Earth's past : sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphism : a process of change -- The rock cycle in the Earth system -- Tectonic activity of a dynamic planet. The wrath of Vulcan : volcanic eruptions -- A violent pulse : earthquakes -- The Earth's interior, revisited : seismic layering, gravity, and the magnetic field -- Crags, cracks, and crumples : crustal deformation and mountain building -- History before history. Memories of past life : fossils and evolution -- Deep time : how old is old? -- A biography of earth -- Earth resources. Squeezing power from a stone : energy resources -- Riches in rock : mineral resources -- Processes and problems at the Earth's surface. Ever-changing landscapes and the hydrologic cycle -- Unsafe ground : landslides and other mass movements -- Streams and floods : the geology of running water -- Restless realm : oceans and coasts -- A hidden reserve : groundwater -- An envelope of gas : Earth's atmosphere and climate -- Dry regions : the geology of deserts -- Amazing ice : glaciers and ice ages -- Global change in the Earth system -- Appendix : additional maps and charts.

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Geologi  (sao)

Jorden  (sao)

Naturgeografi  (sao)

Geology  -- Textbooks. (LCSH)

Geology  -- Study and teaching (Higher) (LCSH)

Earth sciences  -- Study and teaching (Higher) (LCSH)

Geology  (LCSH)

Earth  (LCSH)

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Läromedel  (saogf)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Ud Geologi och paleontologi

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550 (DDC)

Ud (kssb/8)