Includes bibliographical references and index.

Eng.

Introduction to physical geology;
Earth's interior and geophysical properties;
The sea floor;
Plate tectonics;
Mountain belts and the continental crust;
Geologic structures;
Earthquakes;
Time and geology;
Atoms, elements and minerals;
Volcanism and extrusive rocks;
Igneous rocks, intrusive activity and the origin of igneous rocks;
Weathering and soil;
Mass wasting;
Sediments and sedimentary rocks;
Metamorphism, metamorphic rocks and hydrothermal rocks;
Stream and floods;
Ground water;
Deserts and wind action;
Glaciers and glaciation;
Waves, beaches and coasts;
Geologic resources