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COVER: https://cdn.wwnorton.com/dam_booktitles/731/img/cover/9780393640137_300.jpeg TITLE: Earth: Portrait of a Planet, 6th edition (2019) AUTHOR: Stephen Marshak ISBN-13: 9780393640137 BOOK SPECS: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393640137 FILE SPECS: true PDF, logical page numbers as in the print version, bookmarks, 256 MB COURSE: introduction to physical geology DESCRIPTION: The most dynamic, hands-on introduction to physical geology. Marshak gives students the tools they need for an enriching hands-on geology experience, in and out of class. The 6th dition includes an expanded suite of interactive simulations, Narrative Art videos, Real-World videos, and animations built on the vibrant art from the text. New Smartwork5 online activities provide visual and interactive questions with answer-specific feedback. And the Geotours Google Earth™ exercises get students applying what they’ve learned to real-life site explorations. These easy-to-use tools combine with Marshak’s signature narrative approach to the text and art program to give students the most effective means for visualizing, interacting with, and mastering geology concepts. BRIEF CONTENTS: --------------- PRELUDE: And Just What Is Geology? PART I : OUR ISLAND IN SPACE 1. Cosmology and the Birth of the Earth 2. Journey to the Center of the Earth 3. Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas 4. The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics PART II : EARTH MATERIALS 5. Patterns in Nature: Minerals INTERLUDE A: Introducing Rocks 6. Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks INTERLUDE B: A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Soils 7. Pages of the Earth’s Past: Sedimentary Rocks 8. Metamorphism: A Process of Change INTERLUDE C: The Rock Cycle in the Earth System PART III : TECTONIC ACTIVITY OF A DYNAMIC PLANET 9. The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions 10. A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes INTERLUDE D: The Earth’s Interior, Revisited: Seismic Layering, Gravity, and the Magnetic Field 11. Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building PART IV : HISTORY BEFORE HISTORY INTERLUDE E: Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution 12. Deep Time: How Old Is Old? 13. A Biography of the Earth PART V : EARTH RESOURCES 14. Squeezing Power from a Stone: Energy Resources 15. Riches in Rock: Mineral Resources PART VI : PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS AT THE EARTH’S SURFACE INTERLUDE F: Ever-Changing Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle 16. Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements 17. Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water 18. Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts 19. A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater 20. An Envelope of Gas: The Earth’s Atmosphere and Climate 21. Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts 22. Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages 23. Global Change in the Earth System charts glossary index

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