Earth's Dynamic Systems - Hardcover

W.Kenneth Hamblin

 
9780023493607: Earth's Dynamic Systems

Synopsis

Each chapter of this work is introduced with an up-to-date satellite image of the subject covered. The book includes coverage of discoveries on Europa and Ganymede, and the possibility of bacteria on Mars, along with discussions of Cretaceous-Tertiary extinctions. There is an emphasis on Earth as a system, and the role of ocean-atmosphere system and global climate.

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From the Back Cover

Earth's Dynamic Systems, Ninth Edition uses the hydrologic system and the tectonic system as the foundation to help build an understanding of physical geology.

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