Understanding earth

Includes index.

Appendices = page AP-1 through page AP-12. Glossary = page GL-1 through page GL-17. Index = page I-1 through page I-21.

Understanding Earth has become an educational priority for every citizen concerned with civilization's effects on the natural environment. This textbook provides undergraduate students with a comprehensive and approachable introduction to physical geology, ranging across the full diversity of geologic and planetary studies. This new edition is bolstered by a greater emphasis on how our civilization has grown into a global geosystem strongly coupled to the climate system.