Earth Materials

  • Earth Materials: Components of a Diverse Planet
    By Dexter Perkins, Kevin R. Henke, Adam C. Simon

    Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River. Nichols, G. (2009) Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 2nd ed. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken. Prothero, D.R. (2003) Sedimentary Geology: An Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks and Stratigraphy.

  • Earth Materials: Components of a Diverse Planet
    By Dexter Perkins, Kevin R. Henke, Adam C. Simon

    Gibbons, A. (1993) Pleistocene population explosions. Science, 262(5130), 27–28. Klemetti, E. (2015) Tambora 1815: Just how big was the eruptions. Wired, 4 October. Available from: www.wired.com/2015/04/tambora-1815-just-big-eruption/ ...

  • Earth Materials
    By John O'Brien, Kevin Hefferan

    The Miller index of any face or set of planes is, with a few rather esoteric exceptions, expressed as three integers hkl in a set of parentheses (hkl) that represent the reciprocal intercepts of the face or planes with the three ...

  • Earth Materials
    By John O'Brien, Kevin Hefferan

    Glaciers. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press 394 pp. Hambrey, M.J. and Alean, J.C. (2016). Colour Atlas of Glacial Phenomena. London: CRC Press 426 pp. Hambrey, M.T., Christopherson, P., Glasser, N.F., and Hubbard, B. (eds.) ...

  • Earth Materials: Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology
    By Cornelis Klein, Anthony R. Philpotts

    Key concepts in mineralogy and petrology are explained alongside beautiful full-color illustrations, in this concisely written textbook.

  • Earth Materials
    By Cornelis Klein, Anthony Philpotts

    Designed specifically for one-semester courses, this beautifully illustrated textbook explains the key concepts in mineralogy and petrology.

  • Earth Materials: Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology
    By Cornelis Klein, Anthony Philpotts

    This edition has been fully updated based on classroom experience, and new features include a completely new chapter providing an elementary introduction to thermodynamics, kinetics, radioactive decay and absolute dating; new mineral ...

  • Earth Materials
    By Pamela Wright, Emily Sohn

    Do you know there are three different kinds of rocks?

  • Earth Materials
    By Wallace Gary Ernst

    Earth Materials

  • Earth Materials: Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology
    By Cornelis Klein, Anthony R. Philpotts

    Review questions at the end of chapters allow students to check their understanding. The importance of Earth materials to human cultural development and the hazards they pose to humans are discussed in later chapters.