Spécifications
- Éditeur
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Pearson Education
- Édition
- 13
- Auteur
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Edward Tarbuck, Frederick Lutgens, Dennis Tasa,
- Langue
- anglais
- BISAC Subject Heading
- SCI019000 SCIENCE / Earth Sciences
- BIC subject category (UK)
- RB Earth sciences
- Code publique Onix
- 05 Enseignement supérieur
- Date de première publication du titre
- 01 novembre 2013
- Subject Scheme Identifier Code
- Classification thématique Thema: Sciences de la Terre
Sommaire
1: Introduction to Earth Science
Unit 1 Earth Minerals
2: Matter and Minerals
3: Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth
Unit 2 Sculpturing Earth’s Surface
4: Weathering, Soil, and Mass Wasting
5: Running Water and Ground Water
6: Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind
Unit 3 Forces Within
7: Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds
8: Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior
9: Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity
10: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building
Unit 4 Deciphering Earth’s History
11: Geologic Time
12: Earth’s Evolution Through Geologic Time
Unit 5 The Global Ocean
13: The Ocean Floor
14: Ocean Water and Ocean Life
15: The Dynamic Ocean
Unit 6 Earth’s Dynamic Atmosphere
16: The Atmosphere: Composition, Structure, and Temperature
17: Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation
18: Air Pressure and Wind
19: Weather Patterns and Severe Storms
20: World Climates and Global Climate Change
Unit 7 Earth’s Place in the Universe
21: Origins of Modern Astronomy
22: Planetary Geology
23: Light, Astronomical Observations, and The Sun
24: Beyond Our Solar System