Essentials of Geology, Global Edition, 12th Edition

Book Description From the renowned Lutgens/Tarbuck/Tasa team, the Twelfth Edition of Essentials of Geology continues to elevate its readability, art program, focus on basic principles and instructor flexibility. This revision incorporates what has historically made the text a best seller with a new active learning approach throughout each chapter, which offers students a structured learning path and provides a reliable, consistent framework for mastering the chapter concepts.
It also includes new additions to its learning path, mobile field trips, and visual program.
This program will provide an engaging learning experience for your students. Here’s how:
 
·    Teach with an active learning path that emphasizes learning objectives, tie questions back to objectives, ask students to analyze, synthesize, and critically think about core concepts, and break down chapter content.
·    Engage students with an art program that supports a structured learning path with its bold magazine-like design. 

Content

1. An Introduction to Geology
2. Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds
3. Matter and Minerals
4. Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Activity
5. Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards
6. Weathering and Soils
7. Sedimentary Rocks
8. Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
9. Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior
10. Origin and Evolution of the Ocean Floor
11. Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building
12. Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity
13. Running Water
14. Groundwater
15. Glaciers and Glaciation
16. Deserts and Wind
17. Shorelines
18. Geologic Time
19. Earth’s Evolution Through Geologic Time
20. Global Climate Change