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Principles of geology / editor, Richard Renneboog, PhD.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Principles of science (Salem Press)
- Principles of Science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 531 pages) : color illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Ipswich, Massachusetts : Grey House Publishing, [2021]
- Summary:
- Geology explores the science about the solid Earth, the rocks that comprise it, and the processes by which they change over time. This volume also provides coverage of other Earth sciences, including hydrology and the atmospheric sciences, as they integrate into a major aspect of Earth's system and planetary science. Content includes broad categories of geology, as well as the wide variety of methods and tools used by geologists. Major categories in Principles of Geology include principles, historical discoveries, the Big Bang event, continental drift, geochemistry, resource recovery, paleontology, and extraterrestrial geology. Principles of Geology includes 130 entries arranged in A to Z order to help make finding a topic of interest easy. Entries related to basic principles and concepts include a list of the Fields of Study covered by the article; an Abstract that provides a brief, concrete summary of the topic and its significance; a list of Key Concepts with definitions, important to a proper understanding of the topic; and a detailed Essay that provides extensive background on the topic and explores its significance to the field of geology; and a list of Further Reading for those who wish to pursue the topic in more depth.
- Contents:
- Aquifers
- Asteroids
- Athabasca oil sands
- Basaltic rocks
- Batholiths
- Beaches and coastal processes
- Biogenic sedimentary rocks
- Bolides
- Boltwood uses radioactivity to determine ages of rocks
- Carbonate compensation depths
- Carbonate minerals
- Carbonatites
- Clays
- Clays and clay minerals
- Contact metamorphism
- Coriolis effect
- Crystals
- The "deep-impact" mission: geology of a comet
- Deep-sea sedimentation
- Deglaciation
- Deltas
- Desert landforms
- Desert pavement
- Desertification
- Deserts
- Diagenesis
- Diamond
- Diatomite
- Doell and Dalrymple discover the magnetic reversals of Earth's poles
- Drainage basins
- Earthquake prediction
- Earthquakes
- Earth's crust.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Worldcat, viewed April 19, 2023).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781642650433
- 1642650439
- OCLC:
- 1270979137
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