Name: Earth Science By Edward J. Tarbuck
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Earth Science by Edward J. Tarbuck

This text offers a user-friendly overview of our physical environment with balanced, up-to-date coverage of geology, oceanography, astronomy, and meteorology. The text takes full advantage of the subject's visual appeal - discussions are reinforced with colour photos - over 550 new to this edition. A designated home page is featured which provides students with on-line review exercises, opportunities for further research, follow-up on items mentioned in the text, and links to a wealth of interesting sites related to the chapter material. The text discusses current environmental and resource topics, integrates information about the relationship between people and the physical environment, and explores applications of the Earth Sciences to understanding and solving problems that arise from these interactions. This edition also contains information from recent geologic events such as the Kobe, Japan Earthquake (1995).

Introduction. A view of earth. The earth sciences. Earth science and the environment. The nature of scientific inquiry. Studying earth science. Box I.1 Earth as a System. Box I.2 Earth's place in the cosmos. 1. Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks. Box 1.1 Carrot, karat, carat. Box 1.2 Gemstones. 2. Rocks: Materials of the Lithosphere. Box 2.1 Asbestos: What are the risks? 3. Weathering, Soil, and Mass Wasting. Box 3.1 Acid precipitation: A human impact on the earth system. Box 3.2 Laterites and the clearing of the rainforest. Box 3.3 The Gros Ventre slide: A classic case study. 4. Running Water and Groundwater. Box 4.1 The effects of urbanization on discharge. Box 4.2 The midwest floods of 1993. Box 4.3 Dowsing for water. Box 4.4 Geothermal energy: An alternative. 5. Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind. Box 5.1 Do glaciers move? An application of the scientific method. Box 5.2 What if the ice melted? Box 5.3 Common misconceptions about deserts. Box 5.4 Dust bowl: Soil erosion in the great plains. 6. Earthquakes and Earth's Interior. 6.1 Damaging earthquakes east of the Rockies. Box 6.2 Tsunami warning system. 7. Plate Tectonics. Box 7.1 A new test for plate tectonics. Box 7.2 Plate tectonics into the future. Box 7.3 The earth system: Plate tectonics and the rock cycle. 8. Igneous Activity. Box 8.1 The year without a summer. Box 8.2 Volcano sizes. Box 8.3 Volcanic activity and climate. 9. Mountain Building. Box 9.1 The San Andreas fault system. Box 9.2 Oil traps. Box 9.3 The Rocky Mountains. 10. Geologic Time. Box 10.1 Radon. 11. Earth History: A Brief Summary. Box 11.1 The great paleozoic extinction. Box 11.2 Farewell to the dinosaurs. 12. Ocean Waters and the Ocean Floor. Box 12.1 Evidence for the existence of turbidity currents. Box 12.2 Seafloor sediments and climatic change. 13. The Restless Ocean. Box 13.1 Tidal power. Box 13.2 Is global warming causing sea levels to rise? 14. Composition, Structure, and Temperature. Box 14.1 Altering the atmosphere's composition: Sources and types of air pollution. Box 14.2 The ozone problem. Box 14.3 Solar energy. 15. Moisture. Box 15.1 Dry air at 100 percent relative humidity? Box 15.2 Atmospheric stability influences air pollution. Box 15.3 Precipitation probability forecasts. 16. Air Pressure and Wind. Box 16.1 Scales of atmospheric motion. Box 16.2 Wind energy: An alternative with potential. 17. Weather Patterns and Severe Storms. Box 17.1 Lake-effect snow. Box 17.2 The deadliest weather. Box 17.3 Hurricane Andrew. 18. Climate. Box 18.1 The world's hottest and coldest places. Box 18.2 Precipitation records and mountainous terrain. Box 18.3 Climate change in cities. Box 18.4 Earth as a system: Climate feedback mechanisms. 19. Earth's Place in the Universe. Box 19.1 Proof for Earth's rotation. Box 19.2 Astrology. Box 19.3 Calendars. 20. Touring Our Solar System. Box 20.1 Venus and the runaway greenhouse effect: A lesson for planet Earth? Box 20.2 The search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Box 20.3 Discovery of planet X. Box 20.4 Is Earth on a collision course? Box 20.5 Comet Shoemaker -- Levy impacts Jupiter. 21. Light, Astronomical Observations, and the Sun. Box 21.1 The largest telescopes. Box 21.2 Variable sun and climate change. 22. Beyond Our Solar System. Box 22.1 Determining distance from magnitude. Box 22.2 Supernova 1987 A. Box 22.3 From stardust to you. APPENDIX A. Metric and English Units Compared. APPENDIX B. Mineral Identification Key. APPENDIX C. Earth's Grid System. APPENDIX D. Topographic Maps. APPENDIX E. Star Charts. APPENDIX F. World Soils. APPENDIX G. Landforms of the Conterminous United States. APPENDIX H. Periodic Table of the Elements.

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GOR002103230

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9780135708392

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0135708397

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Earth Science by Edward J. Tarbuck

Author

Edward J. Tarbuck

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Pearson Education (US)

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1996-10-21

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638

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Earth Science Edward J. Tarbuck

Earth Science by Edward J. Tarbuck

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