| 紀錄類型: |
書目-語言資料,印刷品
: Monograph/item
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| 杜威分類號: |
550 |
| 書名/作者: |
Earth science // Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens ; illustrated by Dennis Tasa |
| 作者: |
Tarbuck, Edward J. |
| 其他作者: |
Lutgens, Frederick K. |
| 出版者: |
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : : Prentice Hall,, [2003] |
| 面頁冊數: |
xvii, 686 pages : : color illustrations, color maps ;; 29 cm + + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
| 附註: |
Includes index |
| 標題: |
Earth sciences. |
| ISBN: |
0130353906 (hbk.) |
| ISBN: |
0130484563 (hbk.) |
| 內容註: |
Introduction to earth science -- Earth materials -- Minerals : Building blocks of rocks -- Rocks : Materials of the solid earth -- Sculpturing earth's surface -- Weathering, soil and mass wasting -- Running water and groundwater -- Glaciers, deserts, and wind -- Forces within -- Earthquakes and earth's interior -- Plate tectonics -- Volcanoes and other igneous activity -- Mountain building -- Deciphering earth's history -- Geologic time -- Earth's history : A brief summary -- The global ocean -- The ocean floor -- Ocean water and ocean life -- The dynamic ocean -- Earth's dynamic atmosphere -- The atmosphere : Composition, structure, and temperature -- Moisture, clouds, and precipitation -- Air pressure and wind -- Weather patterns and severe storms -- Climate -- Earth's place in the universe -- Origin of modern astronomy -- Touring our solar system -- Light, astronomical observations, and the sun -- Beyond our solar system |