Section One: Foundations
Chapter 1 An Overview of Our Planetary Environment
Chapter 2 Rocks and Minerals—A First Look
Section Two: Internal Processes
Chapter 3 Plate Tectonics
Chapter 4 Earthquakes
Chapter 5 Volcanoes
Section Three: Surface Processes
Chapter 6 Streams and Flooding
Chapter 7 Coastal Zones and Processes
Chapter 8 Mass Movements
Chapter 9 Ice and Glaciers, Wind and Deserts
Chapter 10 Climate--Past, Present, and Future
Section Four: Resources
Chapter 11 Water as a Resource
Chapter 12 Soil as a Resource
Chapter 13 Mineral and Rock Resources
Chapter 14 Energy Resources—Fossil Fuels
Chapter 15 Energy Resources—Alternative Sources
Section Five: Waste Disposal, Pollution, and Health
Chapter 16 Waste Disposal
Chapter 17 Water Pollution
Section Six: Other Related Topics
Chapter 18 Air Pollution
Chapter 19 Environmental Law
Chapter 20 Land-Use Planning and Engineering Geology
Appendix A Geologic Time, Geologic Process Rates
Appendix B Introduction to Topographic and Geologic Maps and Remotely Sensed Imagery
Appendix C Mineral and Rock Identification
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