TY - BOOK AU - Duff,P.McLD. AU - Holmes,Arthur AU - Duff,P.McLD. AU - Holmes,Arthur TI - Holmes' principles of physical geology SN - 9780412403200 (pbk) : U1 - 550 DUF PY - 1993/// PB - Chapman & Hall KW - Physical geology KW - Geophysics KW - thema KW - Geology & the lithosphere KW - Geology N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -