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020 _a9780367145651 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _a9780367185947 (pbk. : alk. paper)
082 0 0 _a552
_bPER.E
100 _aDexter Perkins
245 0 0 _aEarth materials :
_bcomponents of a diverse planet /
_cDexter 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).
260 _aLondon
_bCRC Press
_c2019
300 _apages cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction 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.
505 0 _aSurficial geology and resources. Weathering and soils -- Water and the hydrosphere -- Mineral deposits -- Energy resources -- Engineering properties. Soil mechanics -- Rock mechanics.
650 0 _aEarth sciences
_vTextbooks.
650 0 _aGeology
_vTextbooks.
700 1 _aPerkins, Dexter,
700 1 _aHenke, Kevin R.,
700 1 _aSimon, Adam C.,
700 1 _aYarbrough, Lance D.,
942 _cBK
999 _c338460
_d338460