Fundamentals of geology

Provides descriptions of the physical Earth including its primary constituents: minerals and rocks. This book also deals with two different aspects of the dynamic Earth: study of the past worlds based mainly on rock records; and, the dynamic system that brings about changes in the Earth evolving dis...

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Main Author: Roy, A.B
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Alpha Science International 2010
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Table of Contents:
  • Part One: Physical Geology
  • 1. Planet earth: evolution and constition
  • 2. Minerals and rocks: earth's basic ingredients
  • 3. Surface features of the earth
  • Part Two: Dynamic Geology
  • 4. Historical geology
  • 5. Geodynamics
  • Part Three: Geology and Man
  • 6. Economic geology: study of geological resources
  • 7. Geological hazards