Earth Portrait of a Planet 5th Edition by Stephen Marshak ISBN 039393750X 9780393937503

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ISBN 10: 039393750X

ISBN 13: 978-0393937503

Author:  Stephen Marshak 

Earth: Portrait of a Planet 5th Edition: 

Helping you teach What a Geologist Sees.

The Fifth Edition of this bestselling textbook features stunning art, the most up-to-date science, and a wealth of online learning tools, all developed under the critical eyes of Stephen Marshak. Heavily revised with remarkably detailed photographs, animations, and maps, the text offers rich and engaging pedagogy, an expanded chapter on energy, and coverage of recent global events, from Hurricane Sandy and the Washington Landslide to Typhoon Haiyan and the Japanese Tsunami.

 

Earth: Portrait of a Planet 5th Edition Table of contents:

PART I

• Chapter 1: Our Island in Space
• Chapter 2: Cosmology and the Birth of Earth (Page 12)
• Chapter 3: Journey to the Center of the Earth (Page 36)
• Chapter 4: Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas (Page 61)

PART II

• Interlude A: The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics (Page 86)
• Chapter 5: Earth Materials
  • Patterns in Nature: Minerals (Page 116)
  • Introducing Rocks (Page 141)
• Interlude B: Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks (Page 152)
• Chapter 6: A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Soils (Page 183)
• Interlude C: Pages of Earth’s Past: Sedimentary Rocks (Page 202)
• Chapter 7: Metamorphism: A Process of Change (Page 233)
• Chapter 8: The Rock Cycle in the Earth System (Page 261)

PART III

• Chapter 9: Tectonic Activity of a Dynamic Planet
  • The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions (Page 272)
  • A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes (Page 312)
  • The Earth’s Interior, Revisited: Seismic Layering, Gravity, and the Magnetic Field (Page 359)
  • Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building (Page 379)
• Interlude D: History before History
  • Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution (Page 418)
  • Deep Time: How Old Is Old? (Page 434)
• Chapter 10: A Biography of Earth (Page 467)

PART IV

• Chapter 11: Earth Resources
  • Squeezing Power from a Stone: Energy Resources (Page 504)
  • Riches in Rock: Mineral Resources (Page 545)

PART V

• Interlude E: Processes and Problems at the Earth’s Surface
  • Ever Changing Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle (Page 572)
  • Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements (Page 586)
  • Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water (Page 614)
  • Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts (Page 655)
• Chapter 12: A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater (Page 694)
• Chapter 13: An Envelope of Gas: Earth’s Atmosphere and Climate (Page 728)

PART VI

• Interlude F: Dry Regions and Amazing Ice
  • Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts (Page 768)
  • Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages (Page 795)
  • Global Change in the Earth System (Page 836)
• Chapters 14–23: Processes Shaping the Earth’s Surface

 

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