Environmental Geology ISE

Jim Reichard DO NOT USE, James Reichard, Edgar Spencer (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

624 Seiten

2023 | 5th edition
McGraw-Hill Education (Verlag)
978-1-266-13226-1 (ISBN)

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Environmental Geology, 5e focuses on the fascinating interaction between humans and the geologic processes that shape the Earth’s environment. This text emphasizes how human survival is highly dependent on the natural environment and students should find the topics to be quite relevant to their own lives and, therefore, more interesting.

Part 1 – Fundamentals of Environmental Geology
Chapter 1 Humans and the Geologic Environment
Chapter 2 Earth from a Larger Perspective
Chapter 3 Earth Materials
Chapter 4 Earth's Structure and Plate Tectonics
Part 2 – Hazardous Earth Processes
Chapter 5 Earthquakes and Related Hazards
Chapter 6 Volcanoes and Related Hazards
Chapter 7 Mass Wasting and Related Hazards
Chapter 8 Streams and Flooding
Chapter 9 Coastal Hazards
Part 3 – Earth Resources
Chapter 10 Soil Resources
Chapter 11 Water Resources
Chapter 12 Mineral and Rock Resources
Chapter 13 Conventional Fossil Fuel Resources
Chapter 14 Alternative Energy Resources
Part 4 – The Health of Our Environment
Chapter 15 Pollution and Waste Disposal
Chapter 16 Global Climate Change
Appendix A Units and Conversions

Erscheinungsdatum	21.03.2023
Zusatzinfo	356 Illustrations
Verlagsort	OH
Sprache	englisch
Maße	244 x 277 mm
Gewicht	1252 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	1-266-13226-0 / 1266132260
ISBN-13	978-1-266-13226-1 / 9781266132261
Zustand	Neuware