Introduction to geology : physical and historical /
Strokes, William Lee
Introduction to geology : physical and historical / William Lee Strokes, Sheldon Judson and M. Dane Picard. - Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, c1978 - xiv, 656 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
The astronomical background -- Plate tectonics - new look at an old earth -- Matter and minerals -- Igneous rocks and volcanoes -- Weathering and soils -- Sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- Earthquakes and the earth's interior -- Crustal deformation and mountain building -- Streams and underground water -- The work of glaciers, mass movements and winds.
This book was written for students whoa re trying to understand their relationship to the earth on which they live.
134843525
GEOLOGY
QE 26.2 .S76 1978
Introduction to geology : physical and historical / William Lee Strokes, Sheldon Judson and M. Dane Picard. - Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, c1978 - xiv, 656 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
The astronomical background -- Plate tectonics - new look at an old earth -- Matter and minerals -- Igneous rocks and volcanoes -- Weathering and soils -- Sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- Earthquakes and the earth's interior -- Crustal deformation and mountain building -- Streams and underground water -- The work of glaciers, mass movements and winds.
This book was written for students whoa re trying to understand their relationship to the earth on which they live.
134843525
GEOLOGY
QE 26.2 .S76 1978