Earth materials components of a diverse planet / Dexter Perkins (Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, USA), Kevin R. Henke (Retired, Center for Applied Energy Research, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA), Adam C. Simon, (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA), Lance D. Yarbrough (Department of Geology and Geologial Engineering, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, USA).
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2019] |
| Description | xvii, 532 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Perkins, Dexter. |
| Other author/creator | Henke, Kevin R. |
| Other author/creator | Simon, Adam C. |
| Other author/creator | Yarbrough, Lance D., 1972- |
| Contents | 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. |
| Contents | Surficial geology and resources. Weathering and soils -- Water and the hydrosphere -- Mineral deposits -- Energy resources -- Engineering properties. Soil mechanics -- Rock mechanics. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [515]-520) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019005125 |
| ISBN | 9780367145651 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780367185947 (papercover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |