Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology (6th Edition)
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With contributions from more than 120 highly regarded geologists and geoscience educators, and an exceptional illustration program by Dennis Tasa, this user-friendly, best-selling laboratory manual focuses on the basic principles of geology and their applications to everyday life in terms of natural resources, natural hazards, and human risks. This edition of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual in Physical Geology addresses many current technologies such as satellite technologies, atomic resolution imaging, seismic tomography, and UTM mapping and system. It also covers many current topics such as isostasy, origin of magma, modeling Earth's interior, rock cycling and plate tectonics, volcanic processes and hazards, numerical dating, GPS, UTM, floods, ground water, glaciers as barometers of climate change, dryland hazards, coastal hazards, earthquakes, Earth resources, and human risks. For anyone wishing to learn more about physical geology through practice exercises.
The publisher, Prentice-Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics
A lab manual placing great emphasis on student understanding of the earth as a complex, evolving system having interacting processes and cycles of change; designed for the introductory course (lab component) in physical geology. Practical consistent exercise format, concise background information, 15 exercises, and full-color illustrations. Includes Internet Activities.
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Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology (6th Edition)
Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology (6th Edition),American Geological Institute,National Association of Geoscience Teachers,Richard M. Busch,Dennis Tasa,NAGT AGI,Prentice Hall,0130463337,Earth Sciences - General,Earth Sciences - Geology,Environmental Science,Environmental Studies,Geophysics,Physical Geology,Science,Science/Mathematics,Science / Geophysics
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