Holmes' principles of physical geology.
P. McL.D. Duff.
- 4th ed.
- Chapman & Hall, 1993.
- xvi,791p.,[16]p. of plates.
Updated ed. of: Holmes' principles of physical geology / Arthur Holmes. 3rd ed. 1978.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Science and the world we live in -- A view of the earth -- The dynamic earth -- Materials of the earth's crust : atoms and minerals -- Igneous rocks : volcanic and plutonic -- Sedimentary rocks -- Pages of earth history -- Tectonic features : folds and faults -- Life as a fuel maker : coal and oil -- Salt domes and salt tectonics -- Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks -- Igneous intrusions -- Volcanoes and their products -- Dating and pages of earth history -- Rock weathering and soils -- Surface erosion and landscape slopes -- The work of rivers -- Development of river systems and associated landscapes -- Underground water -- Glaciers and glaciation -- Ice ages and climatic change -- Wind action and desert landscapes -- Coastal scenery and the work of the sea -- Marine sediments and the ocean floor -- Earthquakes and the earth's interior -- The earth's crust and mantle : composition and dynamics -- Palaeomagnetism and continental drift -- Sea-floor spreading and plate tectonics -- Plateaus, rift valleys and continental basins -- Continental margins and basin evolution -- Orogenic belts.
This fourth edition of Arthur Holmes' "Principles of Physical Geology" returns to the three-part structure of the original book. Following a preliminary survey of the subject, the external processes affecting the Earth's crust are described, as well as the internal processes.