Preface
Chapter 1. Introducing Geology, the Essentials of Plate Tectonics, and Other Important Concepts
Chapter 2. Atoms, Elements, and Minerals
Chapter 3. Igneous Rocks, the Origin and Evolution of Magma, and Intrusive Activity
Chapter 4. Volcanism and Extrusive Rocks
Chapter 5. Weathering and Soil
Chapter 6. Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks
Chapter 7. Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
Chapter 8. Time and Geology
Chapter 9. Mass Wasting
Chapter 10. Streams and Floods
Chapter 11. Groundwater
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. Earths Interior and Geophysical Properties
Chapter 18. The Sea Floor
Chapter 19. Plate Tectonics-The Unifying Theory
Chapter 20. Mountain Belts and the Continental Crust
Chapter 21. Global Climate Change
Chapter 22. Resources
Chapter 23. The Earths Companions
Appendices
Glossary

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