Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introducing Geology, the Essentials of Plate Tectonics, and Other
Important Concepts 3
Chapter 2 Earth’s Interior and Geophysical Properties 29
Chapter 3 The Sea Floor 53
Chapter 4 Plate Tectonics 77
Chapter 5 Mountain Belts and the Continental Crust 113
Chapter 6 Geologic Structures 137
Chapter 7 Earthquakes 161
Chapter 8 Time and Geology 197
Chapter 9 Atoms, Elements, and Minerals 225
Chapter 10 Volcanism and Extrusive Rocks 251
Chapter 11 Igneous Rocks, Intrusive Activity, and the Origin of Igneous Rocks 281
Chapter 12 Weathering and Soil 309
Chapter 13 Mass Wasting 333
Chapter 14 Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks 359
Chapter 15 Metamorphism, Metamorphic Rocks, and Hydrothermal Rocks 391
Chapter 16 Streams and Floods 415
Chapter 17 Ground Water 451
Chapter 18 Deserts and Wind Action 475
Chapter 19 Glaciers and Glaciation 497
Chapter 20 Waves, Beaches, and Coasts 529
Chapter 21 Geologic Resources 551
Chapter 22 The Earth’s Companions 583
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