Product Description: A new and detailed picture of Mercury is emerging thanks to NASA’s MESSENGER mission that spent four years in orbit about the Sun’s innermost planet. Comprehensively illustrated by close-up images and other data, the author describes Mercury’s landscapes from a geological perspective: from sublimation hollows, to volcanic vents, to lava plains, to giant thrust faults...read more

Product Description: Whether you are interested in fossils, the evolution of the Earth or where your oil comes from, this book uncovers all Understand Geology is a fascinating guide to the nature and history of the Earth. Whether you want to find out why volcanoes and earthquakes happen, where fossils and minerals come from or how the Earth has evolved into its present form, this book will give you straightforward explanations...read more

Learn about nature's most feared phenomena Volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis are the three deadliest natural events humans must contend with. Beginning with the basics of plate tectonics, this accessible guide educates you on how these hazards can be predicted, how they are interrelated, and what their catastrophic consequences are.

Product Description: Extensively illustrated, this authoritative, easy-to-understand guide describes the nature and origin of the solar system. It looks at the internal structure, surface features, and weather patterns of each planet and its major satellites; discusses the possibilities of finding >life on other planetary bodies; covers asteroids and the icy bodies beyond Pluto; and explains how to see the planets in the sky...read more

We all live on the Earth, but how many of us are aware of all the processes that shape - and sometimes shake - its surface? This guide is a comprehensive introduction to the nature and history of the Earth, ranging from volcanoes to the implications of our limited natural resources.

Product Description: Compiled by a team of experts, this textbook has been designed for elementary university courses in astrobiology. It begins with an examination of how life may have arisen on Earth and then reviews the evidence for possible life on Mars, Europa and Titan...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

This title describes the interactions between volcanoes and the environment and climate and the hazards posed by volcanoes. It also presents the various kinds of volcanoes on the Earth and on other planetary bodies and shows how volcanic activity can be monitored and predicted.

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Product Description: Todos somos habitantes de la Tierra, pero muchos desconocemos los procesos que modifican y a veces sacuden su superficie.Este libro es una completa introducción a la naturaleza y la historia de la Tierra: trata de los volcanes y de los fósiles, de los problemas de vivir bajo la amenaza de un terremoto y de las limitacione...read more