Strokes, William Lee <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> This book was written for students whoa re trying to understand their relationship to the earth on which they live. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>134843525 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>GEOLOGY
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QE 26.2 .S76 1978