Introducing geology : a guide to the world of rocks / Graham Park.

By:

Park, Graham [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781780465968
1780465963

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Introducing geology.DDC classification:

551 23

LOC classification:

QE501 .P37 2019

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Contents:

Crystals, minerals and gemstones -- Volcanoes and melted rock -- Shaping the land -- Mud, sand and other deposits -- Moving continents and making mountains -- Earthquakes and faults -- Squeezing and stretching: rock deformation -- Geological time and the age of the Earth -- Fossils: a history of life -- Turning the pages: Earth history -- Geology and industry.

Summary: Our world is made of rock. Those who live in a landscape where rock outcrops are obvious will have wondered about the kind of rock they are looking at and how they came to be where they are now. Graham Park explains in simple terms what geology can tell us about the world.

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Our world is made of rock. Those who live in a landscape where rock outcrops are obvious will have wondered about the kind of rock they are looking at and how they came to be where they are now. Graham Park explains in simple terms what geology can tell us about the world.