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With authoritative and detailed coverage, Skinner and Porter address all key areas of physical geology, as well as recent events that have shaped our world. The new edition is updated to address the latest in geoscientific research, theory, and knowledge. Emphasis on the unifying... Read Full Overview

With authoritative and detailed coverage, this text addresses all key areas of physical geology, as well as events that have shaped our world. This fifth edition has been updated to address developments in geoscientific research, theory and knowledge.

American Museum of Natural History John Wiley & Sons and the American Museum of Natural History have collaborated to develop a Web site linking this text to the Museum's permanent exhibition, the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, Rose Center for Earth and Space. The Web site features... Read Full Overview

Four main themes are emphasized in this text: plate tectonics; human interaction with our environment; our protection from natural disasters; and our needs and the supplies of resources. Plate tectonics is also integrated throughout the text, as a unifying theme of geology. This... Read Full Overview

A comprehensive introduction that focuses on all of the major scientific processes of physical geology. Researched and written by two eminent geologists, the third edition includes new overarching themes of environmental issues and human interaction with the earth and its resources... Read Full Overview

American Museum of Natural History John Wiley & Sons and the American Museum of Natural History have collaborated to develop a Web site linking this text to the Museum's permanent exhibition, the Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, Rose Center for Earth and Space. The Web site features... Read Full Overview

Now in a new edition, this book is fully revised from previous issues and includes four main themes that run throughout the text: plate tectonics; earth as a system; natural disasters; and human-induced environmental change. These four themes provide a better layout and cohesive... Read Full Overview