ISBN:

• 9780471161141
• 0471161144

Edition: Second edition.

Description: xxiii, 552 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm

Notes: Includes index

Contents:

• THE EARTH IN SPACE. The Earth System
• Fellow Travelers in Space: Earth's Nearest Neighbors
• The Sun, Giver of Life
• THE EARTH BENEATH OUR FEET. Plate Tectonics
• Earthquakes and the Earth's Interior
• Minerals and Rocks
• The Heat Within: Magmas and Volcanoes
• The Earth's Evolving Crust
• THE EARTH'S BLANKET OF WATER AND ICE. Water on the Land
• The World of Snow and Ice
• The World Ocean
• THE EARTH'S GASEOUS ENVELOPE. Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere
• Winds, Weather, and Deserts
• The Earth's Changing Climate
• A Planetary Perspective on Life
• Geochemistry and Life
• Biological Evolution and the History of the Biosphere
• LIVING ON THE EARTH. Resources from the Earth
• The Changing Face of the Land
• Global Change: A Planet Under Stress.

Control Number: 2313222

Subjects:

• Ciencias de la tierra.
• Earth (Planet)
• Earth sciences.
• Tierra.

Other Authors:

• Botkin, Daniel B.
• Porter, Stephen C.