Understanding Earth (International Edition)

The most modern, scientific approach to teaching our changing planet, at the most valuable price in the market.

Geology is everywhere in our daily lives. We are surrounded by materials and resources extracted from the Earth, our climate is changing at alarming rates, and hazards due to Earth s processes are leading to major catastrophes. We will be reliant upon a population of informed citizens to make and vote for policies that protect our Earth, and change that will keep our planet habitable. Therefore, understanding our Earth has never been more important. Understanding Earth leads the way by fully integrating the study of climate science into the core intro geology curriculum. Through strategic placement of the climate science chapters at the beginning of the geomorphology content, we offer a text that places our changing climate as a key force shaping the rest of our discussion on Earth s surficial processes.

Understanding Earth is now supported by Achieve Read & Practice, the most affordable digital solution in the market. It s easy to use and streamlined, with just the ebook and adaptive quizzing engine LearningCurve, which prepares students with core foundational concepts so they arrive prepared for class. Instructors receive performance analytics to identify class strengths, areas for improvement, and competencies.

1.- The Earth System.- 2 Plate Tectonics; The Unifying Theory.- 3  Earth Materials: Minerals and Rocks- 4 Igneous Rocks: Solids from Melts.- 5 Volcanoes.- 6 Sedimentation: Rocks Formed by Surface Processes.- 7  Metamorphism: Alteration of Rocks by Temperature and Pressure.- 8  Deformation: Modification of Rocks by Folding and Fracturing.- 9 Clocksin Rocks; Timing the Geologic Record.- 10 Earthquakes.- 11 Exploring Earth's Interior.- 12  The Climate System.- 13 Civilsation as a Global Geosystem.- 14 Anthropogenic Global Change.- 15  Glaciers: The Work of Ice.- 16  Earth Surface Processes and Landsape Development .- 17 The Hydrologic Cycle and Groundwater.- 18 Stream Transport: From Mountains to Oceans.- 19  Coastlines and Deserts- 20  Early History of the terrestrial planets- 21  History of the Continents.- 22  Geobiology: Life Interacts with Earth