Visualizing Earth Science, 1st Edition
by Merali, Zeeya; Skinner, Brian J.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-01-09
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
Visualizing Earth Science relies heavily on the integrating of National Geographic and other rich visuals to expand on concepts for students and solidify their understanding of them. This accessible format, coupled with the assumption that students have little knowledge of earth science, allows students to navigate through the material with greater ease - the goal being to help them understand the world around them and interpret what they see in a meaningful, accurate and exciting way.Authors Zeeya Merali and Brian Skinner focus on visual learning in their debut of their first edition, Visualizing Earth Science. This text weaves illustrated timelines throughout to exemplify how concepts fit together and develop over time. Students will quickly learn difficult concepts with this innovative, visual approach.
Author Biography
Dr. Brian J. Skinner is a Eugene Higgins Prof Geology at Yale University. His research intrests include the origin and distribution of mineral deposits.
Table of Contents
| Introduction to Earth Science | |
| What Is Earth Science? | |
| Using the Scientific Method | |
| Earth System Science | |
| WHAT AN EARTH SCIENTIST SEES: Island or Open System | |
| Earth in Space | |
| The Solar System | |
| The Terrestrial Planets | |
| What Makes Earth Unique? | |
| Humans and Earth | |
| Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources | |
| Why Study Earth Science? | |
| Amazing Places: Earth | |
| Minerals: Earth's Building Blocks | |
| Minerals, Elements, and Compounds | |
| Elements, Atoms, and Ions | |
| Compounds, Molecules, and Bonding | |
| What Is a Mineral? | |
| Composition of Minerals | |
| Telling Minerals Apart | |
| CASE STUDY: Minerals for Adornment | |
| Mineral Families | |
| Minerals of Earth's Crust | |
| Silicates: The Most Important Rock Formers | |
| Mineral Resources | |
| WHAT AN EARTH SCIENTIST SEES: Living in a Mineral World | |
| Amazing Places: The Naica Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
| Rocks: Keepers Of Earth's History | |
| Rocks: A First Look | |
| The Three Rock Families | |
| The Rock Cycle | |
| Igneous Rocks | |
| Rate of Cooling | |
| WHAT AN EARTH SCIENTIST SEES: Putting Rocks Under a Microscope | |
| Chemical Composition | |
| Sedimentary Rocks | |
| Clastic Sediments and Clastic Sedimentary Rocks | |
| Lithification of Clastic Sediment | |
| Chemical Sediments and Chemical Sedimentary Rocks | |
| WHAT AN EARTH SCIENTIST SEES: A Change in the Atmosphere | |
| Biogenic sediments and Biogenic Sedimentary Rocks | |
| Rock Beds | |
| Interpreting Environmental Clues | |
| Sedimentary Facies | |
| CASE STUDY: Sedimentary Facies and the History of Humankind Metamorphic Rocks | |
| The Limits of Metamorphism | |
| The Importance of Stress | |
| Rocks as Resources | |
| Rocks as Construction Materials | |
| Mineral Resources in Igneous Rocks | |
| Mineral Resources in Chemical and Biogenic Sedimentary Rocks | |
| Gold in Metamorphic Rocks | |
| Amazing Places: The Navajo Sandstone | |
| Weathering, Soils, and Mass Wasting | |
| Weathering: The Earth System at Work | |
| Weathering: How Rocks Disintegrate? | |
| Mechanical Weathering: Breaking Rocks Apart | |
| WHAT AN EARTH SCIENTIST SEES: Joint Formation | |
| Chemical Weathering: Breaking Rocks by Chemistry | |
| Factors Affecting Weathering | |
| Soil: The Most Important Product of Weathering | |
| Soil | |
| Soil Profiles | |
| Factors that Influence Soil Formation | |
| CASE STUDY: Bad and Good Soil | |
| Erosion and Mass Wasting: Gravity at Work | |
| Erosion by Water | |
| Erosion by Wind | |
| Erosion by Ice | |
| Gravity and Mass Wasting | |
| Tectonics and Mass Wasting | |
| Resources Formed by Weathering and Erosion | |
| Resources Formed by Chemical Weathering | |
| Resources Formed by Erosion | |
| Amazing Places: Monadnock-and Monadnocks | |
| Water on and Under the Ground | |
| The Hydrologic Cycle | |
| Water in the Earth System | |
| How Water Affects the Land | |
| Streams and Streamflow | |
| Stream Deposits | |
| Large-scale Topography of Stream Systems | |
| WHAT AN EARTH SCIENTIST SEES: Drainage Basins Lakes | |
| Surface Water as a Hazard and Resource | |
| Floods | |
| Surface Water Resources | |
| Global Irrigation and Industrial Water Consumption | |
| CASE STUDY: California's Mono Lake, in the Sierra Nevada | |
| Fresh Water Underground | |
| The Water Table | |
| How Groundwater Moves | |
| Where Groundwater is Stored | |
| Groundwater Depletion and Contamination | |
| When Groundwater Dissolves Rock | |
| Amazing Places: Lechuguilla Cave | |
| Extreme Climatic Regions: Deserts, Glaciers, and ICE Sheets | |
| Deserts and Drylands | |
| Types of Deserts | |
| Wind Erosion | |
| Wind Deposits and Desert Landforms | |
| Stream Erosion and Deposition in Deserts | |
| Desertification | |
| Glaciers and Ice Sheets | |
| Components of the<$$$> | |
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