Fundamentals of Physical Geology [electronic resource] / by Sreepat Jain.

By: Jain, Sreepat [author.]Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextSeries: Springer GeologyPublisher: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XX, 488 p. 211 illus. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9788132215394Subject(s): Earth sciences | Geology | Geophysics | Earth Sciences | Geology | Earth Sciences, general | Geophysics and Environmental PhysicsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 551 LOC classification: QE1-996.5Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- The Solar System: Sun and Planets -- The Cosmic Bodies -- The Planet Earth -- The Earth's Interior -- The Geological Timescale -- Weathering and Mass Wasting -- Stream -- Groundwater -- Karst -- Glaciers -- Ocean -- Aeolian Processes -- Plate Tectonics -- Earthquakes -- Volcanoes.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Physical Geology is a vast subject and it is not possible to cover all aspects in one book. This book does not invent the wheel but merely put together sets of updated but concise material on Physical Geology with lots of illustrations. All illustrations are created by hand and give a real classroom feel to the book. Students or readers can easily reproduce them by hand. This is a book, where a diagram says it all. The book is divided into four parts. The first part “The Solar System and Cosmic Bodies” deals with elements of our Solar System and the cosmic bodies around it (like meteorites, asteroids, etc.). The second part “The Earth Materials” deals with Earth and its internal structure. The third part “The Hydrologic System” is more exhaustive and deals with the hydrological system of the Earth including Weathering and Mass Wasting, Streams, Groundwater, Karst, Glaciers, Oceans and Aeolian Processes and Landforms. The fourth and the final part “The Tectonic System” deals with different aspects of Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes.
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Introduction -- The Solar System: Sun and Planets -- The Cosmic Bodies -- The Planet Earth -- The Earth's Interior -- The Geological Timescale -- Weathering and Mass Wasting -- Stream -- Groundwater -- Karst -- Glaciers -- Ocean -- Aeolian Processes -- Plate Tectonics -- Earthquakes -- Volcanoes.

Physical Geology is a vast subject and it is not possible to cover all aspects in one book. This book does not invent the wheel but merely put together sets of updated but concise material on Physical Geology with lots of illustrations. All illustrations are created by hand and give a real classroom feel to the book. Students or readers can easily reproduce them by hand. This is a book, where a diagram says it all. The book is divided into four parts. The first part “The Solar System and Cosmic Bodies” deals with elements of our Solar System and the cosmic bodies around it (like meteorites, asteroids, etc.). The second part “The Earth Materials” deals with Earth and its internal structure. The third part “The Hydrologic System” is more exhaustive and deals with the hydrological system of the Earth including Weathering and Mass Wasting, Streams, Groundwater, Karst, Glaciers, Oceans and Aeolian Processes and Landforms. The fourth and the final part “The Tectonic System” deals with different aspects of Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes.

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