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 edition includes a new chapter on global change as well as more illustrations and photographs.
- ISBN10 0471531316
- ISBN13 9780471531319
- Publish Date 1 December 1989 (first published 1 January 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 January 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition 2nd edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 592
- Language English