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Earth: Portrait of a Planet
Study Plan
Part I Our Island in Space
- Cosmology and the Earth
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas
- The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics
Part II Earth Materials
- Patterns in Nature: Minerals
- Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks
- A Surface Veneer: Sediments, Soils, and Sedimentary Rocks
- Metamorphism: A Process of Change
Part III Tectonic Activity of a Dynamic Planet
- The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions
- A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes
- Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformations and Mountain Building
Part IV History before History
Part V Earth Resources
Part VI Processes and Problems at the Earth’s Surface
- Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements
- Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water
- Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts
- A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater
- An Envelope of Gas: Earth’s Atmosphere and Climate
- Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts
- Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages
- Global Change in the Earth System