Understanding Earth (Paperback)

1.- The Earth System.- 2 Plate Tectonics; The Unifying Theory.- 3 Earth Materials: Minerals and Rocks- 4 Igneous Rocks: Solids from Melts.- 5 Volcanoes.- 6 Sedimentation: Rocks Formed by Surface Processes.- 7 Metamorphism: Alteration of Rocks by Temperature and Pressure.- 8 Deformation: Modification of Rocks by Folding and Fracturing.- 9 Clocksin Rocks; Timing the Geologic Record.- 10 Earthquakes.- 11 Exploring Earth's Interior.- 12 The Climate System.- 13 Civilsation as a Global Geosystem.- 14 Anthropogenic Global Change.- 15 Glaciers: The Work of Ice.- 16 Earth Surface Processes and Landsape Development .- 17 The Hydrologic Cycle and Groundwater.- 18 Stream Transport: From Mountains to Oceans.- 19 Coastlines and Deserts- 20 Early History of the terrestrial planets- 21 History of the Continents.- 22 Geobiology: Life Interacts with Earth