Table of Contents
1 An Introduction to Geology 1
2 Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks 23
3 Igneous Rocks 44
4 Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity 65
5 Weathering and Soils 93
6 Sedimentary Rocks 114
7 Metamorphic Rocks 137
8 Mass Wasting 155
9 Running Water 169
10 Groundwater 191
11 Glaciers and Glaciation 210
12 Deserts and Wind 232
13 Shorelines 249
14 The Ocean Floor 269
15 Earthquakes and Earth's Interior 287
16 Plate Tectonics 313
17 Mountain Building 345
18 Geologic Time 369
19 Earth History: A Brief Summary 393
App. A Metric and English Units Compared 421
App. B Periodic Table of the Elements 423
App. C Mineral Identification Key 424
App. D Topographic Maps 427
Glossary 434
Index 446