Geology and the Environment: Living with a Dynamic Planet
By Paul Bierman, Richard Hazlett, Dee D. Trent
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With this completely revised and updated edition, Bierman/Hazlett/Trent’s GEOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT: LIVING WITH A DYNAMIC PLANET, 8th EDITION, brings the relationship between humans and the Earth to life. The newly illustrated text has been fully updated, rewritten, condensed and modernized, including hundreds of new photographs. It is the most current, exciting way to study Earth as a system including the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and our changing climate. Your students will learn about minerals, soils, water and the processes that drive earthquakes and landslides. Additional chapters consider energy and waste as well as climate and climate change. Excite your students with the most up-to-date text covering the basics of geology in an environmental context that considers geologic hazards and how to best manage and avoid them.
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With this completely revised and updated edition, Bierman/Hazlett/Trent’s GEOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT: LIVING WITH A DYNAMIC PLANET, 8th EDITION, brings the relationship between humans and the Earth to life. The newly illustrated text has been fully updated, rewritten, condensed and modernized, including hundreds of new photographs. It is the most current, exciting way to study Earth as a system including the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and our changing climate. Your students will learn about minerals, soils, water and the processes that drive earthquakes and landslides. Additional chapters consider energy and waste as well as climate and climate change. Excite your students with the most up-to-date text covering the basics of geology in an environmental context that considers geologic hazards and how to best manage and avoid them.
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Section I. Our Planet
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