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Holmes' principles of physical geology. P. McL.D. Duff.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapman & Hall, 1993.Edition: 4th edDescription: xvi,791p.,[16]p. of platesISBN:
  • 9780412403200 (pbk) :
  • 041240320X (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 550 DUF
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 550 DUF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 101457

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.

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