Table of Contents

Geology and the Earth; plate tectonics - a first look; minerals; igenous rocks; pultons and volcanoes; weathering and soil; sedimentary rocks; metamorphic rocks; geologic time - a story in the rocks, earthquakes and the earth's structure; ocean basins; geologic structures; mountain ranges, and continents; mass wasting; streams and lakes; ground water deserts; glaciers and ice ages; coastlines; geologic resources; the geologic evolution of North America.