From the Book - Second edition.
Part 1. Studying the Earth
Rocks for jocks (and everybody else)
Observing Earth through a scientific lens
Form here to eternity : the past, present, and future of geological thought
Home sweet home : planet Earth
Part 2. Elements, minerals, and rocks
It's elemental, my dear : a very basic chemistry of elements and compounds
Minerals : the building blocks of rocks
Recognizing rocks : igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic types
Part 3. One theory to explain it all : plate tectonics
Adding up the evidence for plate tectonics
When crustal plates meet, it's all relative
Who's driving this thing? : mantel convection and plate movement
Part 4. Superficially speaking : about surfaces
Gravity takes its toll : mass wasting
Water : above and below ground
Flowing slowly toward the sea : glaciers
Blowing in the wind : moving sediments without water
Catch a wave : the evolution of shorelines
Part 5. Long, long ago in this galaxy right here
Getting a grip on geologic time
A record of life in the rocks
Time before time began : the precambrian
Teeming with life : the paleozoic era
Mesozoic world : when dinosaurs dominated
The Cenozoic era : mammals take over
And then there were none : major extinction events in Earth's history
Then ways you use geologic resources every day
Elements, minerals, and rocks
One theory to explain it all: plate tectonics
Superficially speaking: about surface processes
Long, long ago in this galaxy right here
