TY - BOOK AU - Strokes, William Lee AU - Judson, Sheldon;Picard, M. Dane TI - Introduction to geology: physical and historical SN - 134843525 AV - QE 26.2 .S76 1978 PY - 1978/// CY - Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey PB - Prentice-Hall KW - GEOLOGY N1 - 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 N2 - This book was written for students whoa re trying to understand their relationship to the earth on which they live ER -