Essentials of Geology - Softcover

Frederick K. Lutgens

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130145440 ISBN 13: 9780130145444

Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div, 2000

Synopsis

Designed as a college level text for students taking their first and perhaps only course in geology. Intended to be a nontechnical survey for those with little background in science. Softcover. CD-ROM included. DLC: Geology.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This concise, nonquantitative text has been acclaimed through four previous editions. Essentials of Geology presents a timely, informative and easily accessible survey of basic topics in physical geology. Clearly written in straightforward nontechnical language, this text will be easily understood by students with little or no previous college-level science. Highly accurate and extremely current, this text concludes with two chapters treating historical geology and offers an excellent treatment of environmental issues throughout the text.

From the Back Cover:

This is a brief version of the best-selling introductory physical geology book.The content is thoroughly updated, highlighting recent geologic events and such as the Pathfinder Mission to Mars, the volcanic crisis on Montserrat, the 1997 Red River Floods, and new information on the extinction of the dinosaurs.For anyone interested in physical geology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0130145440
• ISBN 13: 9780130145444
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 444