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Tables of Contents for The Changing Earth
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xix
5
Developing Critical Thinking and Study Skills
xxiv
CHAPTER 1 Understanding Earth: An Introduction
2
23
CHAPTER 2 Minerals
25
21
CHAPTER 3 Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Igneous Activity
46
20
CHAPTER 4 Volcanism
66
26
CHAPTER 5 Weathering, Soil, Sediment, and Sedimentary Rocks
92
32
CHAPTER 6 Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
124
20
CHAPTER 7 Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
144
30
CHAPTER 8 The Sea Floor
174
20
CHAPTER 9 Plate Tectonics: A Unifying Theory
194
30
CHAPTER 10 Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents
224
26
CHAPTER 11 Mass Wasting
250
28
CHAPTER 12 Running Water
278
28
CHAPTER 13 Groundwater
306
28
CHAPTER 14 Glaciers and Glaciation
334
24
CHAPTER 15 The Work of Wind and Deserts
358
26
CHAPTER 16 Shorelines and Shoreline Processes
384
24
CHAPTER 17 Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles
408
30
CHAPTER 18 Fossils and Evolution
438
26
CHAPTER 19 A History of the Universe, Solar System, and Planets
464
26
CHAPTER 20 Precambrian Earth and Life History
490
34
CHAPTER 21 Paleozoic Earth History
524
40
CHAPTER 22 Paleozoic Life History
564
32
CHAPTER 23 Mesozoic Earth and Life History
596
38
CHAPTER 24 Cenozoic Earth and Life History
634