The Planet Earth GEOS112 (Custom Edition)
-- Table of Contents -- About This Custom Book iv -- Introduction to Planet "Earth" 1 -- Module 1: The Solid Earth 35 -- 1.1 Chapter 3: Matter and Minerals 36 -- 1.2 Chapter 7: Sedimentary Rocks 70 -- 1.3 Chapter 4: Magma, Igneous Rocks, and Intrusive Activity 100 -- 1.4 Chapter 12: Earth's Interior* 134 -- 1.5 Chapter 2: Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds 158 -- 1.6 Chapter 13: Origin and Evolution of the Ocean Floor 194 -- Module 2: The Climate System 227 -- 2.1 Chapter 2: Solar Energy to Earth and the Seasons 228 -- 2.2 Chapter 3: Earth's Modern Atmosphere 248 -- 2.3 Chapter 4: Atmosphere and Surface Energy Balances 272 -- 2.4 Chapter 5: Global temperatures 296 -- 2.5 Chapter 6: Atmosphere and Oceanic Circulations 322 -- 2.6 Chapter 7: Water and Atmospheric Moisture 354 -- 2.7 Chapter 8: Weather 378 -- 2.8 Chapter 10: Global Climate Systems 410 -- Module 3: Surfaces Processes 441 -- 3.1 Chapter 6: W eathering and Soils 442 -- 3.2 Chapter 16: Running Water 472 -- 3.3 Chapter 15: Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity 506 -- 3.4 Chapter 18: Glaciers and Glaciation 530 -- 3.5 Chapter 19: D eserts and Wind 568 -- 3.6 Chapter 4: Marine sediments 592 -- Module 4: The Biosphere 627 -- 4.1 Chapter 9: Geologic Time 628 -- 4.2 Chapter 22: Earth's Evolution Through Geologic Time 658 -- 4.3 Chapter 19: Ecosystem Essentials 694 -- 4.4 Chapter 20: Terrestrial Biomes 728 -- 4.5 Chapters 5: Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards 756.