Essentials of Geology, Learning System Edition

This lower cost, shorter book provides closely connected web applications. Flexible, streamlined, and efficient, each element in the System Edition is designed to maximize the advantages of its medium. Topics include: An Introduction to Geology; Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks; Igneous Rocks; Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity; Weathering and Soil; Sedimentary Rocks; Metamorphic Rocks; Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity; Running Water; Groundwater; Glaciers and Glaciation; Deserts and Wind; Shorelines; The Ocean Floor; Earthquakes and Earth's Interior; Plate Tectonics; Mountain Building; Geologic Time; Earth History: A Brief Summary.