Published by Pearson (August 28, 2013) © 2014
Frederick Lutgens | Edward Tarbuck | Dennis TasaEnhanced for today’s students, the bestselling Foundations of Earth Science returns with a bold new look, new contributor Callan Bentley, and a highly anticipated learning path that facilitates active learning. This brief, paperback version of the best-selling Earth Science by Lutgens and Tarbuck is designed for introductory courses in Earth science. It maintains its highly visual, non-technical survey and broad, coverage of basic topics and principles in geology, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy to foster student understanding of foundational Earth science principles.
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- Introduction to Earth Science
- Unit I EARTH MATERIALS
- Chapter 1: Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks
- Chapter 2: Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth
- Unit II SCULPTURING EARTH’S SURFACE
- Chapter 3: Landscapes Fashioned by Water
- Chapter 4: Glacial and Arid Landscapes
- Unit III FORCES WITHIN
- Chapter 5: Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Theory Unfolds
- Chapter 6: Restless Earth: Earthquakes, Geologic Structures, and Mountain Building
- Chapter 7: Fires Within: Igneous Activity
- Unit IV DECIPHERING EARTH’S HISTORY
- Chapter 8: Geologic Time
- Unit V THE GLOBAL OCEAN
- Chapter 9: Oceans: The Last Frontier
- Chapter 10: The Restless Ocean
- Unit VI EARTH’S DYNAMIC ATMOSPHERE
- Chapter 11: Heating the Atmosphere
- Chapter 12: Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation
- Chapter 13: The Atmosphere in Motion
- Chapter 14: Weather Patterns and Severe Weather
- Unit VII EARTH’S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
- Chapter 15: The Nature of the Solar System
- Chapter 16: Beyond the Solar System