Contents
- Part I Our Island in Space
- Chapter 1 Cosmology and the Birth of Earth
- Chapter 2 Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Chapter 3 Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas
- Chapter 4 The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics
- Part II Earth Materials
- Chapter 5 Patterns in Nature: Minerals
- Interlude A Rock Groups
- Chapter 6 Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks
- Chapter 7 A Surface Veneer: Sediments, Soils, and Sedimentary Rocks
- Chapter 8 Metamorphism: A Process of Change
- Interlude B The Rock Cycle
- Part III Tectonic Activity of a Dynamic Planet
- Chapter 9 The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions
- Chapter 10 A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes
- Interlude C Seeing Inside the Earth
- Chapter 11 Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building
- Part IV History before History
- Interlude D Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution
- Chapter 12 Deep Time: How Old Is Old?
- Chapter 13 A Biography of Earth
- Part V Earth Resources
- Chapter 14 Squeezing Power from a Stone: Energy Resources
- Chapter 15 Riches in Rock: Mineral Resources
- Part VI Processes and Problems at the Earth’s Surface
- Interlude E Ever-Changing Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle
- Chapter 16 Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements
- Chapter 17 Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water
- Chapter 18 Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts
- Chapter 19 A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater
- Chapter 20 An Envelope of Gas: Earth’s Atmosphere and Climate
- Chapter 21 Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts
- Chapter 22 Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages
- Chapter 23 Global Change in the Earth System
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