TY  - BOOK
AU  - Montgomery, Carla W.,
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SN  - 9781259060717 (paperback); 
SN  - 2
PY  - 2014///;copyright 2014.46
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill
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KW  - 2
KW  - 0
KW  - 6
KW  - 20
KW  - Environmental geology
N1  - Includes index; Machine derived contents note: Section One Foundations1 An Overview of Our Planetary Environment2 Rocks and Minerals-A First LookSection Two Internal Processes3 Plate Tectonics4 Earthquakes5 VolcanoesSection Three Surface Processes6 Streams and Flooding7 Coastal Zones and Processes8 Mass Movements9 Ice and Glaciers, Wind and Deserts10 Climate-Past, Present, and Future Section Four Resources11 Water as a Resource12 Soil as a Resource13 Mineral and Rock Resources14 Energy Resources-Fossil Fuels15 Energy Resources-Alternative SourcesSection Five Waste Disposal, Pollution, and Health16 Waste Disposal17 Water Pollution18 Air PollutionSection Six Other Related Topics19 Environmental Law and Policy20 Land-Use Planning and Engineering GeologyAppendix A Geologic Time, Geologic Process RatesAppendix B Introduction to Topographic and Geologic Maps and Remotely Sensed ImageryAppendix C Mineral and Rock Identification; 5
N2  - Preface about the course environmental geology is geology applied to living. The environment is the sum of all the features and conditions surrounding an organism that may influence it. An individual's physical environment encompasses rocks and soil, air and water, such factors as light and temperature, and other organisms. One's social environment might include a network of family and friends, a particular political system, and a set of social customs that affect one's behavior. Geology is the study of the earth. Because the earth provides the basic physical environment in which we live, all of geology might in one sense be regarded as environmental geology. However, the term environmental geology is usually restricted to refer particularly to geology as it relates directly to human activities, and that is the focus of this book. Environ- mental geology is geology applied to living. We will examine how geologic processes and hazards influence human activities (and sometimes the reverse), the geologic aspects of pollution and waste-disposal problems, and several other topics--Provided by publisher
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