Charles C. Plummer,
California State University at Sacramento David McGeary,
California State University at Sacramento Diane H. Carlson,
California State University at Sacramento
ISBN: 007252815x Copyright year: 2005
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introducing Geology and an Overview of Important Concepts
Chapter 2
Atoms, Elements, and Minerals
Chapter 3
Igneous Rocks, Intrusive Activity, and the Origin of Igneous Rocks
Chapter 4
Volcanism and Extrusive Rocks
Chapter 5
Weathering and Soil
Chapter 6
Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks
Chapter 7
Metamorphism, Metamorphic Rocks, and Hydrothermal Rocks
Chapter 8
Time and Geology
Chapter 9
Mass Wasting
Chapter 10
Streams and Floods
Chapter 11
Ground Water
Chapter 12
Glaciers and Glaciation
Chapter 13
Deserts and Wind Action
Chapter 14
Waves, Beaches, and Coasts
Chapter 15
Geologic Structures
Chapter 16
Earthquakes
Chapter 17
Earth's Interior and Geophysical Properties
Chapter 18
The Sea Floor
Chapter 19
Plate Tectonics
Chapter 20
Mountain Belts and the Continental Crust
Chapter 21
Geologic Resources
Chapter 22
The Earth's Companions
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