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Author Park, Graham, author.

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

Publication Info. Edinburgh, Scotland : Dunedin Academic Press Ltd, 2019.
©2018

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Edition Third edition.
Description 1 online resource (x, 134 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Geology.
Geology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Park, Graham. Introducing geology. Third edition. Edinburgh, Scotland : Dunedin Academic Press Ltd, 2019 1780460759 9781780460758 (OCoLC)1019742607
ISBN 9781780465968 (electronic book)
1780465963 (electronic book)
9781780460758 (paperback)
1780460759 (paperback)
9781780465975 (kindle)
1780465971 (kindle)