The good Earth : introduction to earth science /
David McConnell, David Steer ; contributions by Catharine Knight, Katharine Owens.
- Fourth edition
- New York, NY : McGraw-Hill Education, c2018..
- xxi, 535 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
Includes index.
Introduction to Earth Science -- Earth in space -- Near-Earth objects -- Plate tectonics -- Earthquakes -- Volcanoes and mountains -- Rocks and minerals -- Geologic time -- Weathering and soils -- Landslides and slope failure -- Streams and floods -- Groundwater and wetlands -- Oceans and coastlines -- The Atmosphere -- Weather systems -- Earth’s climate system -- Global change