This engaging book explores the rock cycle with diagrams and detailed photographs illustrating the movement of rocks through their various states, including magma-formed igneous rock, metamorphic rock such as marble, and layered sedimentary rocks that build up over time.
Examines the structure and history of Earth from the perspective of visitors from a distant galaxy, focusing on how earthquakes, volcanoes, water, and wind have shaped the planet's topography; looks at how Earth's surface is depicted on maps; shows how cartographers map the ocean floors; and includes a demonstration of how to make a simple topographic map.
Presents an introduction to the unique features of the Earth's topography, showing how mountains and chasm form, as well as providing information on forces that change its surface, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and water.
Discusses the origin and composition of the earth's crust, the ways in which it is continually changing, its importance to man, and what it reveals about the history of the earth.
Presents information on earthquakes, describing why they happen, where they are more likely to occur, efforts being made to improve predictions, and some of the most famous earthquakes of the past.
Presents a short study of the earth's crust, describing how the continents shifted, how mountains were formed, earthquake faults, and volcanic eruptions.
