Dexter Perkins <br/><br/>
Earth materials :  components of a diverse planet / 
Dexter Perkins (Department of Geology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, USA), Kevin R. Henke (emeritus professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA), Adam C. Simon (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA), Lance D. Yarbrough (The University of Mississippi, Oxford, USA). 
 - London  CRC Press  2019 
 - pages cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction to earth. The origin of the elements and earth -- Earth systems and cycles -- Fundamental earth materials. Minerals -- Mineral crystals -- Igneous petrology and the nature of magmas -- Plutonic rocks -- Volcanoes and their products -- Sediments and sedimentary rocks -- Stratigraphy -- Metamorphic rocks. Surficial geology and resources. Weathering and soils -- Water and the hydrosphere -- Mineral deposits -- Energy resources -- Engineering properties. Soil mechanics -- Rock mechanics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780367145651 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780367185947 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Earth sciences--Textbooks.<br/>Geology--Textbooks.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>552  / PER.E