Understanding Earth - Press, Frank / Siever, Raymond / Grotzinger, John / Jordan, Thomas H.
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PART 1: THE DYNAMIC EARTH In the Beginning and Now Plate Tectonics: The Unifying Theory PART II: ROCKS, DEFORMATION, AND THE GEOLOGIC RECORD Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks Rocks: The Products of Geologic Processes Igneous Rocks: Solids fro
Thorough updating including the latest on hot new topics such as geobiology and techniques like Global Positioning System technology2 Includes' Geology in Practice' boxes at the end of each chapter, with questions to challenge students3 Now fully integrates the 'Earth Systems' approach thematically throughout the book4 Completely redeveloped…mehr

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PART 1: THE DYNAMIC EARTH In the Beginning and Now Plate Tectonics: The Unifying Theory PART II: ROCKS, DEFORMATION, AND THE GEOLOGIC RECORD Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks Rocks: The Products of Geologic Processes Igneous Rocks: Solids fro

Thorough updating including the latest on hot new topics such as geobiology and techniques like Global Positioning System technology2 Includes' Geology in Practice' boxes at the end of each chapter, with questions to challenge students3 Now fully integrates the 'Earth Systems' approach thematically throughout the book4 Completely redeveloped illustration programme containing more maps and annotated art which takes the student through key processes step-by-step

The field of physical geology continues to evolve with new tools, new ideas, new approaches. And' Understanding Earth' - always the leader in innovation - continues to evolve, too. Working closely with Frank Press and Ray Siever, the new co-authors,
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FRANK PRESS has made pioneering contributions to the fields of geophysics, oceanography, lunar and planetary sciences and natural resource exploration.He has been named most influential scientist in the U.S by 'U.S.News& World Report surveys' three times and is currently with the Washington Advisory GroupRAYMOND SIEVER is an internationally known expert in sedimentary petrology, geo-chemistry, and the evolution of oceans and the atmosphere. he is a long-time memeber of Harvard University's department of earth and Planetary SciencesJOHN GROTZINGER researches the chemical development of the early oceans and atmosphere and the environmental context of early animal evolution at MITTHOMAS H.JORDAN is based at the University of Southern California where his specialist topics include the nature of plate-tectonic flow and the question of mantle stratification