Prelude And Just What Is Geology? PART I OUR ISLAND IN SPACE Chapter 1 Cosmology and the Birth of Earth Chapter 2 Journey to the Center of the Earth Chapter 3 Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas Chapter 4 The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics PART II EARTH MATERIALS Chapter 5 Patterns in Nature: Minerals Interlude A Rock Groups Chapter 6 Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks Interlude B A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Soils Chapter 7 Pages of Earth's Past: Sedimentary Rocks Chapter 8 Metamorphism: A Process of Change Interlude C The Rock Cycle PART III TECTONIC ACTIVITY OF A DYNAMIC PLANET Chapter 9 The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions Chapter 10 A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes Interlude D The Earth's Interior-Revisited: Seismic Layering, the Magnetic Field, and Gravity Chapter 11 Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building PART IV HISTORY BEFORE HISTORY Interlude E Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution Chapter 12 Deep Time: How Old Is Old? Chapter 13 A Biography of Earth PART V EARTH RESOURCES Chapter 14 Squeezing Power from a Stone: Energy Resources Chapter 15 Riches in Rock: Mineral Resources PART V I PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS AT THE EARTH'S SURFACE Interlude F Ever-Changing Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle Chapter 16 Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements Chapter 17 Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water Chapter 18 Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts Chapter 19 A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater Chapter 20 An Envelope of Gas: Earth's Atmosphere and Climate Chapter 21 Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts Chapter 22 Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages Chapter 23 Global Change in the Earth System |