Earth: Portrait of a Planet (7版)

Table of Contents PART I:  OUR ISLAND IN SPACE Chapter 1:  Cosmology and the Birth of the Earth Chapter 2:  Journey to the Center of the Earth Chapter 3:  Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas Chapter 4:  The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics PART II:  EARTH MATERIALS Chapter 5:  Patterns in Nature: Minerals Chapter 6:  Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks Chapter 7:  Pages of Earth's Past: Sedimentary Rocks Chapter 8:  Metamorphism: A Process of Change PART III:  TECTONIC ACTIVITY OF A DYNAMIC PLANET Chapter 9:  The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions Chapter 10:  A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes Chapter 11:  Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building PART IV:  HISTORY BEFORE HISTORY Chapter 12:  Deep Time: How Old Is Old? Chapter 13:  A Biography of the Earth PART V:  EARTH RESOURCES Chapter 14:  Squeezing Power from a Stone: Energy Resources Chapter 15:  Riches in Rock: Mineral Resources PART VI:  PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS AT THE EARTH'S SURFACE Chapter 16:  Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements Chapter 17:  Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water Chapter 18:  Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts Chapter 19:  A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater Chapter 20:  An Envelope of Gas: The Earth's Atmosphere and Climate Chapter 21:  Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts Chapter 22:  Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages Chapter 23:  Global Change in the Earth System