Solution Manual Earth Portrait of a Planet 5e Stephen Marshak

Solution Manual for Earth Portrait of a Planet 5th Edition by Stephen Marshak

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Solution Manual for Earth Portrait of a Planet 5th Edition by Stephen Marshak

Table of Contents

PART I: OUR ISLAND IN SPACE
Chapter 1: Cosmology and the Birth of Earth
Chapter 2: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Chapter 3: Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas
Chapter 4: The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics

PART II: EARTH MATERIALS
Chapter 5: Patterns in Nature: Minerals
Interlude A: Introducing Rocks
Chapter 6: Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks
Interlude B: A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Soils
Chapter 7: Pages of Earth’s Past: Sedimentary Rocks
Chapter 8: Metamorphism: A Process of Change
Interlude C: The Rock Cycle in the Earth System

PART III: TECTONIC ACTIVITY OF A DYNAMIC PLANET
Chapter 9: The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions
Chapter 10: A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes
Interlude D: The Earth’s Interior-Revisited: Seismic Layering, Gravity, and the Magnetic Field
Chapter 11: Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

PART IV: HISTORY BEFORE HISTORY
Interlude E: Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution
Chapter 12: Deep Time: How Old Is Old?
Chapter 13: A Biography of Earth

PART V: EARTH RESOURCES
Chapter 14: Squeezing Power from a Stone: Energy Resources
Chapter 15: Riches in Rock: Mineral Resources

PART VI: PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS AT THE EARTH’S SURFACE
Interlude F: Ever-Changing Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle
Chapter 16: Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements
Chapter 17: Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water
Chapter 18: Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts
Chapter 19: A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater
Chapter 20: An Envelope of Gas: Earth’s Atmosphere and Climate
Chapter 21: Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts
Chapter 22: Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages
Chapter 23: Global Change in the Earth System