The Dynamic Earth, Student Companion

by Brian J. Skinner and Stephen C. Porter

Work more effectively and gauge your progress along the way This Student Companion that is designed to be used with Skinner's The Dynamic Earth, 5th Edition features access to Columbia University's Earthscape website. This authoritative and best-selling physical geology text continues to emphasize the theme of dynamic change to our environment, landscapes, climate, and resources. Dynamic Earth, 5th Edition introduces plate tectonics and the Earth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471465968
• ISBN13: 9780471465966
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

a very dynamic earth

Skinner, Porter and Park give you a richly illustrated introduction to geology. The text spans the breadth of modern geology, and shows an exciting and changing planet. There are numerous photos of examples of terrain, often accompanied by schematics to aid understanding. The latest techniques practised in geology are explained. Especially noteworthy is the extensive use of GPS. This has greatly aided recording the location of interesting geological samples. Earthquakes are also well covered, and will probably be of interest to many readers, especially if you are in California. The history of the Richter and Mercalli scales is gone into. Unfortunately, predicting quakes is still very uncertain! The discussion on earthquakes is also used as a good example of plate tectonics, where the latter is probably the central idea of geology.

An Excellent Physical Geology Textbook & Reference Source

This book is for all persons, students and others, who wish to learn geology with over 500 easy-to-read pages. The Earth is a giant machine, a machine that never stops. How the Earth-machine works is the story told in this book, and it is a fascinating story. The science that studies the Earth is geology, and those involved in the study are geologists. Physical processes are shaping the Earth now and have been shaping the Earth over the past 4.5 billion years.

Interesting and Easy to understand

It was an interesting book that I am going to use also after graduation. Even if I don't speak fluently English, the book was easy to understand. I had the book as recommended litterature in a Geology course. And after reading it I did pretty well on the exam.