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Year Published: 1998
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Environmental Geology : An Earth System Science Approach -Text Only
by Dorothy Merritts, Andrew De Wet and Kirsten Menking
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- The relationship of the biosphere to other Earth systems is underscored in every chapter.
- Each chapter opens with a story and photo relating the subject of the chapter to Earth systems and environmental issues; this story is then referred to throughout the chapter.
- Text enhanced with striking color photography and digital imaging, plus well-labeled, easy-to-follow process diagrams and flow charts.
- Unique cycling examples illustrate the cycling of matter and energy throughout the Earth system.
- Boxes include Case Studies of actual environmental geology situations that help students develop analytic thinking, Geologist's Toolboxes that provide mathematical and technical background, and essays on Environmental Change.
- "Closing Thoughts" essays give the authors the opportunity to think with their readers about the philosophical and economic aspects of a problem and contrast them with the scientific perspective.
I. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS: HOW HUMANS VIEW AND STUDY THE EARTH
1. Introduction to Environmental Geosciences
Example: Introductory Riddle Regarding Population Growth
Earth's Changing Environment and Humans
Critical Issues In Environmental Geosciences
Science as a Way of Knowing
The History of Science
Limits to Science
An Emerging Environmental World View
2. Dynamic Earth Systems
An Ongoing Experiment: The Eruption of Mt. Pinatubo and Global Cooling Earth Systems
Links and Cycles Among Earth Systems
Cycles
Energy
Earth Dynamics
3. Time and Change: Earth and Human History
Experiment: Determining When Something Began to Happen from its Decay
Temporal Aspects of Earth Systems
Geologic Time : A Temporal Perspective of the Earth
The Absolute Geologic Time Scale
II. SOLID EARTH SYSTEMS
4. The Crustal Rock System
Experiment: An Ancient Experiment with Melted Sand
The Geosphere and Humans
Processes
Resources
Hazards and Wastes
Environmental Management
Environmental and Global Change
5. Soil and Weathering Systems
Experiment: Unvegetated Soils and Soil Erosion
Soil and Humans
Processes
Resources
Hazards and Wastes
Environmental Management
Environmental and Global Change
III. FLUID SYSTEMS
6. Surface Water Systems
Example: Finding Ancient Rivers in the Desert with Satellites
Surface Water and Humans
Processes
Resources
Hazards and Wastes
Environmental Management
Environmental and Global Change
7. Ground Water Systems
Example: Getting Water out of Sand and Gravel
Ground Water and Humans
Processes
Resources
Hazards and Wastes
Environmental Management
Environmental and Global Change
8. Atmospheric Systems
Example: Changing Climates by Altering Gases in the Atmosphere
The Atmosphere and Humans
Processes
Resources
Hazards
Environmental and Waste Management
Environmental and Global Change
9. Oceans and Coastal Water Systems
Example: Salinity, Density, and Ocean Currents
Oceans and Humans
Processes
Resources
Hazards and Wastes
Environmental Management
Environmental and Global Change
IV. ENERGY SYSTEMS AND CHANGING EARTH SYSTEMS
10. Earth's Energy Systems
Example: Using Solar Energy to do Mechanical Work
Energy and Humans
The Energy Cascade
Energy as a Human Resource
Environmental Impacts of Energy Use
Energy Policy and the Environment
11. Causes and Indicators of Global Environmental Change
Example: California Droughts
What is Global Environmental Change?
Origin of Earth's Climate: Insights from Other Planets
Faint Young Sun Paradox
Causes of Climate Change
Indicators of Past Climatic and Environmental Change
12. History of Global Environmental Change
Example: Dessication of the Mediterranean Sea
Introduction
History of Global Change
Human Evolution and Environmental Change
Earth at the Last Glacial Maximum
Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age
Humans as Agents of Environmental Change
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