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PREFACE
Prelude: And Just What Is Geology?
- Chapter 1: The Earth in Context
- Chapter 2: The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics
- Chapter 3: Patterns in Nature: Minerals
Interlude A: Rock Groups
- Chapter 4: Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks
- Chapter 5: The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions
Interlude B: A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Soils
- Chapter 6: Pages of Earth’s Past: Sedimentary Rocks
- Chapter 7: Metamorphism: A Process of Change
Interlude C: The Rock Cycle
- Chapter 8: A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes
Interlude D: Seeing Inside the Earth
- Chapter 9: Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building
Interlude E: Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution
- Chapter 10: Deep Time: How Old Is Old?
- Chapter 11: A Biography of Earth
- Chapter 12: Riches in Rock: Energy and Mineral Resources
Interlude F: Ever-Changing Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle
- Chapter 13: Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements
- Chapter 14: Streams and Associated Flooding: The Geology of Running Water
- Chapter 15: Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts
- Chapter 16: A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater
- Chapter 17: Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts
- Chapter 18: Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages
- Chapter 19: Global Change in the Earth System