簡介 Marshak geology meets active, virtual learning. The gold standard text for helping students visualize and understand geologic processes makes hands-on and real-world exploration easier and more impactful than ever, in any course setting. New 3D specimen and digital elevation models, with corresponding Smartwork exercises, allow students to examine specimens and sites as if they were in the field or lab. And new highly visual “Practice What You Know” and “What Can You See?” activities at the end of each chapter and in Smartwork help students synthesize and apply important concepts like a geologist. Thoroughly updated with current events and essential data, the Seventh Edition also reveals the dynamism of geology and how it impacts our lives 目錄 Preface Prelude:  And Just What Is Geology? Chapter 1:  The Earth in Context Chapter 2:  The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics Chapter 3:  Patterns in Nature: Minerals Interlude A:  Introducing Rocks Chapter 4:  Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks Chapter 5:  The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions Interlude B:  A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Soils Chapter 6:  Pages of Earth's Past: Sedimentary Rocks Chapter 7:  Metamorphism: A Process of Change Interlude C:  The Rock Cycle in the Earth System Chapter 8:  A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes Interlude D:  The Earth's Interior Revisited: Seismic Layering, Gravity, and the Magnetic Field Chapter 9:  Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building Interlude E:  Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution Chapter 10:  Deep Time: How Old Is Old? Chapter 11:  A Biography of Earth Chapter 12:  Riches in Rock: Energy and Mineral Resources Interlude F:  Ever-Changing Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle Chapter 13:  Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements Chapter 14:  Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water Chapter 15:  Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts Chapter 16:  A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater Chapter 17:  Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts Chapter 18:  Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages Chapter 19:  Global Change in the Earth System