Physical Geology

by Brian J. Skinner and Stephen C. Porter

Here is the successor to a long line of physical geology texts from Longwell, Flint and Skinner. While retaining their authoritativeness and logical organization on elementary topics (landforms, rocks, minerals), it integrates current thinking on processes (plate techtonics, chemical cycles, changes throughout geologic time). It is a well-illustrated introduction to investigations into the way the earth works, how mountains are formed, how the atmosphere,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471056685
• ISBN13: 9780471056683
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.9" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Perfect for Beginners

Physical Geology is one of the best books a student can buy first. If you've recently entered the Geology University, you should run after this book. In englobes all the geologic topics, in general, of course, and with full-of-life pictures a beginner needs to catch the shape and form of geological phenomenon he can't catch on pure text. Also, it has the clear experienced Brian Skinner writing, so that the student is able to get the meaning of texts, to see the examples on the every-page photos, and to love, even more deeply, the blue planet.