Essentials of Geology (with In-TERRA-Active 2.0 CD-ROM)
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Book Description
This text provides students with a basic understanding of geology and its processes and, more importantly, with an understanding of how geology relates to the human experience. It presents students with an overview of the geologic and biologic history of the Earth, not as a set of encyclopedic facts to memorize, but rather as a continuum of interrelated events that reflect the underlying geologic and biologic principles and processes that have shaped our planet and the life upon it. The text emphasizes plate tectonics and the role that shifting plates have on the Earth's dynamic systems. It also integrates environmental and economic geology themes throughout.
About the Author
Reed Wicander is a Geology professor at Central Michigan University, where he teaches Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Prehistoric Life, and Invertebrate Paleontology and was previously chair of the department. He obtained his bachelor's at San Diego State University, and his Ph.D. at UCLA. His main research interests involve various aspects of Paleozoic Palynology, specifically the study of acritarchs, on which he has published numerous papers. He is a past president of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, a past councilor of the International Federation of Palynological Societies and is currently chairman of the Acritarch Subcommission of the Commission Internationale de Microflore du Paléozoique. James S. Monroe is Professor Emeritus of Geology at Central Michigan University, where he has taught Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Prehistoric Life, and Stratigraphy and Sedimentology since 1975 and has also been previous chair of the Geology department. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Montana. He has co-authored several textbooks with Reed Wicander and has interests in Cenozoic geology and geologic education. He now lives in Chico, California where he remains active in geology by conducting field trips, and by teaching courses for large groups of retired people.
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Essentials of Geology (with In-TERRA-Active 2.0 CD-ROM),Reed Wicander,James S. Monroe,Wadsworth Publishing Company,0534547745,Earth Sciences - General,Earth Sciences - Geology,Geology,Geology (General),Science,Science/Mathematics
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