TY - BOOK AU - Dexter Perkins AU - Perkins,Dexter AU - Henke,Kevin R. AU - Simon,Adam C. AU - Yarbrough,Lance D. TI - Earth materials: components of a diverse planet SN - 9780367145651 (hardcover : alk. paper) U1 - 552 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - CRC Press KW - Earth sciences KW - Textbooks KW - Geology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -