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Enhanced 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. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

Foundations of Earth Science: Pearson New International Edition

• Table of Contents


• 1. Introduction to Earth Science


• 2. Matter and Minerals


• 3. Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth


• 4. Landscapes Fashioned by Water


• 5. Glacial and Arid Landscapes


• 6. Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds


• 7. Restless Earth: Earthquakes, Geologic Structures, and Mountain Building


• 8. Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity


• 9. Geologic Time


• 10. Oceans: The Last Frontier


• 11. The Restless Ocean


• 12. Heating the Atmosphere


• 13. Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation


• 14. The Atmosphere in Motion


• 15. Weather Patterns and Severe Weather


• 16. The Nature of the Solar System


• Appendix: Metric and English Units Compared


• Appendix: Earth's Grid System


• Appendix: Relative Humidity and Dew-Point Tables


• Appendix: Stellar Properties


• Index


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• I


• J


• K


• L


• M


• N


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• Q


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