(IN STORE CARD) EARTH EBOOK WITH MASTERING GEOLOGY

This trusted text, the market's best-seller, makes an often complex subject accessible to beginning students with a strong focus on readability and illustrations. It offers a meaningful, non-technical survey that is informative and up-to-date for learning basic geological principles and concepts. The fourth Canadian edition of Earth is  a robust revision with each part of the book being examined carefully with the goals of keeping topics current, addressing Canadian perspectives and issues, and improving the clarity of text discussions and visuals.

KEY TOPICS:

An Introduction to Geology and Tectonic Plates;Minerals: The Building Blocks of Rocks;Igneous Rocks;Volcanoes and Volcanic Processes;Weathering and Soil;Sedimentary Rocks;Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks;Geologic Time;Crustal Deformation;Earthquakes and Earth's Interior;The Ocean Floor;Plate Tectonics: The Framework of Modern Geology;Mountain Building and Continental Frameworks;Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity;Running Water;Ground Water;Glaciers and Glaciation;Deserts and Winds;Shorelines;Mineral and Energy Resources

MARKET:

Appropriate for Physical Geology (non-majors) Courses.