Earth An Introduction to Physical Geology

For introductory courses in Physical Geology. This trusted text, the market's best-seller, makes an often complex subject accessible to beginning students with a strong focus on readability and illustrations. It offers a meaningful, non-technical survey that is informative and up to date for learning basic principles and concepts. This revision introduces a new chapter on global climate change that develops a greater understanding of this important environmental issue. Additionally, a new chapter on Earths evolution through geologic time allows instructors the flexibility to have a separate discussion of Earths physical history and the evolution of life.Tarbuck, Edward J. is the author of 'Earth An Introduction to Physical Geology', published 2007 under ISBN 9780131566842 and ISBN 0131566849.