1: Earth as a Planet
2: Earth Materials
3: How Old is Old? The Rock Record and Geologic Time
4: Plate Tectonics
5: Earthquakes and Earth’s Interior
6: Volcanoes and Igneous Rocks
7: Weathering and Erosion
8: From Sediment to Sedimentary Rock
9: Folds, Faults, and Geologic Maps
10: Metamorphism: New Rocks from Old
11: Water On and Under the Ground
12: The Ocean and the Atmosphere
13: Climatic Extremes: Deserts and Glaciers
14: Earth’s Climates: Past, Present, Future
15: A Brief History of Life on Earth
16: Understanding Earth’s Resources
BARBARA MURCK is the director of environmental programs at the University of Toronto at Mississauga, in Ontario, Canada. She is the coauthor of several leading textbooks, including Environmental Geology and Geology Today: Understanding Our Planet.