Essentials Of Geology Global 12th Ed.

Description: For Introductory Physical Geology Courses From the renowned Lutgens/Tarbuck/Tasa team, the Twelfth Edition of Essentials of Geology continues to elevate its readability, art program, focus on basic principles and instructor flexibility. This revision incorporates what has historically made the text a best seller with a new active learning approach throughout each chapter, which offers students a structured learning path and provides a reliable, consistent framework for mastering the chapter concepts. It also includes new additions to its learning path, mobile field trips, and visual program. This edition can be supported by (optional) MasteringGeology(TM)-used by over 1.5 million science students, the Mastering platform is the most effective and widely used online tutorial, homework, and assessment system for the sciences. This program will provide an interactive and engaging learning experience for your students. Here's how: *Personalize learning with MasteringGeology: MasteringGeology provides students with engaging and interactive experiences that coach them through introductory physical geography with specific wrong-answer feedback, hints, and a wide variety of educationally effective content. *Teach with an active learning path that emphasizes learning objectives, tie questions back to objectives, ask students to analyze, synthesize, and critically think about core concepts, and break down chapter content. *Engage students with an art program that supports a structured learning path with its bold-magazine like design. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; My_Lab/Mastering does not come packaged with this content. My_Lab/Mastering is not a self-paced technology and should only be purchased when required by an instructor.



Contents: Table of Contents 1. An Introduction to Geology 2. Matter and Minerals 3. Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Activity 4. Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards 5. Weathering and Soils 6. Sedimentary Rocks 7. Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks 8. Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity 9. Running Water 10. Groundwater 11. Glaciers and Glaciation 12. Deserts and Wind 13. Shorelines 14. Earthquakes and Earth's Interior 15. Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Theory Unfolds 16. Origin and Evolution of the Ocean Floor 17. Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building 18. Geologic Time 19. Earth's Evolution through Geologic Time 20. Global Climate Change Appendix A Metric and English Units Compared Appendix B Topographic Maps Appendix C Landforms of the Conterminous United States Glossary Index