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F CONTENTS
Chapter
1
Chapter
8
The Earth System
3
Clocks in Rocks: Timing the
Geologic Record
195
Chapter
2
Plate Tectonics: The Unifying Theory
27
Chapter
9
Early History of the Terrestrial
Chapter
3
Planets
221
Earth Materials: Minerals and Rocks
57
Chapter
10
Chapter
4
History of the Continents
253
Igneous Rocks: Solids from Melts
91
Chapter
11
Chapter
5
Sedimentation: Rocks Formed by
Geobiology: Life Interacts
with Earth
283
Surface Processes
115
Chapter
12
Chapter
6
Volcanoes
313
Metamorphism: Alteration of Rocks
by Temperature and Pressure
149
Chapter
13
Earthquakes
347
Chapter
7
Deformation: Modification of Rocks
Chapter
14
by Folding and Fracturing
171
Exploring Earth's Interior
383
ix
BRIEF
CONTENTS
Chapter
15
The Climate System
407
Chapter
21
Glaciers: The Work of Ice
587
Chapter
16
Weathering, Erosion, and Mass
Wasting: Interactions Between the
Climate and Plate Tectonic Systems
435
Chapter
17
The
Hydrologie
Cycle and Groundwater
466
Chapter
18
Stream Transport: From
Mountains to Oceans
Chapter
19
Winds and Deserts
Chapter
20
Coastlines and Ocean Basins
499
529
551
Chapter
22
Landscape Development
617
Chapter
23
The Human Impact on Earth's
Environment
641
Appendix
1
Conversion Factors AP-1
Appendix
2
Numerical Data Pertaining
to Earth AP-2
Appendix
3
Chemical Reactions AP-3
Appendix
4
Properties of the Most Common
Minerals of Earth's Crust AP-5
Appendix
5
Practicing Geology Exercises:
Answers to Problems AP-9
Glossary
Index
GL-1
ONTENTS
Meet the Authors
Preface
Chapter
1
The Earth System
The Scientific Method
Geology as a Science
Earth's Shape and Surface
Peeling the Onion: Discovery
of a Layered Earth
Earth's Density
10
The Mantle and Core
10
The Crust
11
The Inner Core
11
Chemical Composition of Earth's
Major Layers
12
Earth as a System of Interacting
Components
The Climate System
15
The Plate
Teđonic
System
16
The Geodynamo
17
Interactions Among Geosystems
Support Life
18
An Overview of Geologic Time
The Origin of Earth and Its Global
Geosystems
19
The Evolution of Life
19
Welcome to Google Earth
VII
xix
4
5
8
13
18
21
Chapter
2
Plate Tectonics: The Unifying Theory
The Discovery of Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
28
Seafloor Spreading
29
The Great Synthesis:
1963-1968 30
The Plates and Their Boundaries
Divergent Boundaries
36
Convergent Boundaries
36
Transform Faults
38
Combinations of Plate Boundaries
38
Rates and History of Plate Movements
The Seafloor as a Magnetic
Tape Recorder
39
Deep-Sea Drilling
42
Measurements of Plate Movements
by Geodesy
41
The Grand Reconstruction
Seafloor Isochrons
43
Reconstructing the History
of Plate Movements
43
The Breakup ofPangaea
44
The Assembly ofPangaea
by Continental Drift
44
Implications of the Grand Reconstruction
Mantle Convection: The Engine of
Plate Tectonics
Where Do the Plate-Driving
Forces Originate?
45
27
28
31
39
42
45
χι
XII
CONTENTS
How Deep Does Plate Recycling Occur?
48
What Is the Nature of Rising
Convection Currents?
49
The Theory of Plate Tectonics and
the Scientific Method
52
Chapter
3
Earth Materials: Minerals and Rocks
57
What Are Minerals?
58
The Structure of Matter
59
The Structure of Atoms
59
Atomic Number and Atomic Mass
59
Chemical Reactions
60
Chemical Bonds
61
The Formation of Minerals
61
The Atomic Structure of Minerals
61
The Crystallization of Minerals
62
How Do Minerals Form?
63
Classes of Rock-Forming Minerals
64
Silicates
65
Carbonates
67
Oxides
67
Sulfides 67
Sulfates 68
Physical Properties of Minerals
69
Hardness
69
Cleavage
70
Fracture
71
Luster
71
Color
72
Density
73
Crystal Habit
73
What Are Rocks?
74
Properties of Rocks
74
Igneous Rocks
76
Sedimentary Rocks
77
Metamorphic Rocks
78
The Rock Cycle: Interactions Between
the Plate Tectonic and Climate Systems
79
Concentrations of Valuable
Mineral Resources
81
Hydrothermal
Deposits
82
Igneous Deposits
83
Sedimentary Deposits
84
Chapter
4
Igneous Rocks: Solids from Melts
91
How Do Igneous Rocks Differ
from One Another?
92
Texture
92
Chemical and Mineral Composition
94
How Do Magmas Form?
97
How Do Rocks Melt?
97
The Formation of Magma Chambers
99
Where Do Magmas Form?
99
Magmatic
Differentiation
99
Fractional Crystallization:
Laboratory and Field Observations
99
Granite from Basalt: Complexities
of
Magmatic
Differentiation
101
Forms of Igneous Intrusions
102
Plutons
103
Sills and Dikes
103
Veins
105
Igneous Processes and Plate Tectonics
105
Spreading Centers as Magma Factories
106
Subduction
Zones as Magma Factories
108
Mantle Plumes as Magma Factories 111
Chapter
5
Sedimentation: Rocks Formed
by Surface Processes
115
Surface Processes of the Rock Cycle
116
Weathering and Erosion:
The Source of Sediments
117
Transportation and Deposition: The
Downhill Journey to Sedimentary Basins
119
Oceans as Chemical MixingVats
122
Sedimentary Basins: The Sinks
for Sediments
122
Rift Basins and Tixennal Subsidence Basins
122
Flexural Basins
123
Sedimentary Environments
124
Continental Sedimentary
Environments
124
Shoreline Sedimentary Environments
124
Marine Sedimentary Environments
124
Siliciclastic versus Chemical and
Biological Sedimentary Environments
126
Sedimentary Structures
127
Cross-Bedding
127
Graded Bedding
127
Ripples
128
Bioturbation Structures
128
Bedding Sequences
129
Burial and
Diagenesis:
From Sediment to Rock
130
Burial
130
Diagenesis 130
Classification of Siliciclastic Sediments
and Sedimentary Rocks
132
Coarse-Grained Silicklastics:
Gravel and Conglomerate
133
CONTENTS
XIII
Medium-Grained Siliciclastics:
Sand and Sandstone
133
Vine-Grained Siliciclastics
134
Classification of Chemical and Biological
Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
135
Carbonate Sediments and Rocks
136
Evaporite Sediments and Rocks:
Products of Evaporation
140
Other Biological and Chemical Sediments
142
Chapter
6
Metamorphism: Alteration of Rocks
by Temperature and Pressure
149
Causes of Metamorphism
150
The Role
o/Temperature
151
The Role of Pressure
152
The Role of Fluids
153
Types of Metamorphism
153
Regional Metamorphism
154
Contact Metamorphism
154
Seafloor Metamorphism
154
Other Types of Metamorphism
154
Metamorphic Textures
155
Foliation and Cleavage
155
Foliated Rocks
155
Granoblastic Rocks
157
Porphyroblasts
158
Regional Metamorphism
and Metamorphic Grade
159
Mineral Isograds: Mapping Zones
of Change
159
Metamorphic Grade and Parent
Rock Composition
160
Mđamorphic
Facies
161
Plate Tectonics and Metamorphism
162
Metamorphic Pressure-Temperature
Paths
162
Ocean-Continent Convergence
163
Continent-Continent Collision
165
Exhumation: A Link Between the
Plate Tectonic and Climate Systems
166
Chapter
7
Deformation: Modification of Rocks
by Folding and Fracturing
Plate Tectonic Forces
Mapping Geologic Structure
Measuring Strike and Dip
173
Geologic Maps
173
Geologic Cross Sections
175
171
172
172
How Rocks Deform
175
Brittle and Ductile Behavior of Rocks
in the Laboratory
175
Brittle and Ductile Behavior of Rocks
in Earth's Crust
176
Basic Deformation Structures
177
Faults
177
Folds
179
Circular Structures
182
Joints
183
Deformation Textures
183
Styles of Continental
Deformation
184
Tensional
Tectonics
184
Compressive
Tectonics
185
Shearing Tectonics
187
Unraveling Geologic History
188
Chapter
8
Clocks in Rocks: Timing
the Geologic Record
195
Reconstructing Geologic History from
the
Stratigraphie
Record
196
Principles of Stratigraphy
197
Fossils as Recorders of
Geologic Time
198
Unconformities: Gaps in the
Geologic Record
200
Cross-Cutting Relationships
201
The Geologic Time Scale:
Relative Ages
202
Intervals of Geologic Time
202
Interval Boundaries Mark
Mass Extinctions
202
Ages of Petroleum Source Rocks
206
Measuring Absolute Time
with
Isotopie
Clocks
207
Discovery of Radioactivity
208
Radioactive Isotopes: The Clocks
in Rocks
208
Isotopie
Dating Methods
209
The Geologic Time Scale:
Absolute Ages
210
Eons: The Longest Intervals
of Geologic Time
210
Perspectives on Geologic Time
211
Recent Advances in Timing
the Earth System
212
Sequence Stratigraphy
212
Chemical Stratigraphy
213
Paleomagnetic Stratigraphy
213
Clocking the Climate System
213
XIV
CONTENTS
Chapter
9
Early History of the
Terrestrial Planets
221
Origin of the Solar System
222
The Nebular Hypothesis
222
The Sun Forms
223
The Planets Form
223
Small Bodies of the Solar System
224
Early Earth: Formation of a Layered Planet
225
Earth Heats Up and Melts
225
Differentiation of Earth's Core, Mantle,
and Crust
226
Earth's Oceans and Atmosphere Form
227
Diversity
oř
the Planets
228
What's in a Face? The Age and
Complexion of Planetary Surfaces
230
The Man in the Moon: A Planetary
Time Scale
230
Mercury: The Ancient Planet
231
Venus: The Volcanic Planet
233
Mars: The Red Planet
235
Earth: No Place Like Home
236
Mars Rocks!
237
Missions to Mars: Flybys,
Orbiters,
Landers, and Rovers
238
Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit
and Opportunity
240
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL): Curiosity
240
Recent Missions: Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter and Phoenix
243
Recent Discoveries: The Environmental
Evolution of Mars
243
Exploring the Solar System and Beyond
245
Space Missions
245
The Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn
246
Other Solar Systems
248
Chapter
10
History of the Continents
253
The Structure of North America
254
The Stable Interior
254
The Appalachian Fold Belt
256
The Coastal Plain and Continental Shelf
256
The North American Cordillera
257
Tectonic Provinces Around the World
259
Types of Tectonic Provinces
260
Tectonic Ages
261
A Global Puzzle
262
How Continents Grow
262
Magmatic
Addition
262
Accretion
263
How Continents Are Modified
266
Orogeny: Modification
by Plate Collision
266
Vie Wilson Cycle
271
Epeirogeny: Modification
by Vertical Movements
272
The Origins of Cratons
273
The Deep Structure of Continents
276
Cratonic Keels
276
Composition of the Keels
277
Age of the Keels
278
Chapter
11
Geobiology: Life Interacts
with Earth
283
The Biosphere as a System
284
Ecosystems
284
Inputs: The Stuff Life Is Made Of
285
Processes and Outputs:
How Organisms Live and Grow
286
Biogeochemical Cycles
288
Microorganisms: Nature's
Tiny Chemists
288
Abundance and Diversity
of Microorganisms
289
Microorganism-Mineral Interactions
292
Geobiologie
Events in Earth's History
296
Origin of Life and the Oldest Fossils
296
Prebiotic Soup: The Original
Experiment on the Origin of Life
297
The Oldest Fossils and Early Life
298
Origin of Earth's Oxygenated
Atmosphere
299
Evolutionary Radiations and
Mass Extinctions
300
Radiation of Life: The Cambrian Explosion
301
Tail of the Devil: The Demise of Dinosaurs
303
Global Warming Disaster: The
Paleocene-Eocene
Mass Extinction
304
Astrobiology: The Search for
Extraterrestrial Life
306
Habitable Zones Around Stars
307
Habitable Environments on Mars
308
Chapter
12
Volcanoes
313
Volcanoes as Geosystems
314
Lavas and Other Volcanic Deposits
315
Types of Lava
315
Textures of Volcanic Rocks
319
Pyroclastic Deposits
319
CONTENTS
xv
Eruptive
Styles
and Landforms
Central Eruptions
321
Fissure
Erupńons
325
Interactions of Volcanoes with
Other Geosystems
Volcanism and the Hydrosphere
327
Volcanism and the Atmosphere
328
The Global Pattern of Volcanism
Volcanism at Spreading Centers
330
Volcanism in
Subduction
Zones
330
Intraplate Volcanism: The Mantle
Plume Hypothesis
331
Volcanism and Human Affairs
Volcanic Hazards
334
Reducing the Risks of Volcanic Hazards
Natural Resources from Volcanoes
339
Chapter
13
Earthquakes
320
326
329
Layering and Composition
of Earth's Interior
The Crust
388
The Mantle
388
The Core-Mantle Boundary
The Core
390
388
390
334
337
347
348
What Is an Earthquake?
The Elastic Rebound Theory
349
Fault Rupture During Earthquakes
351
Foreshocks and Aftershocks
351
How Do We Study Earthquakes?
353
Seismographs
354
Seismic Waves
355
Locating the Focus
357
Measuring the Size of an Earthquake
357
Determining Fault Mechanisms
361
GPS Measurements and
"Silent" Earthquakes
362
Earthquakes and Patterns of Faulting
362
The Big Picture: Earthquakes
and Plate Tectonics
362
Regional Fault Systems
364
Earthquake Hazards and Risks
365
How Earthquakes Cause Damage
366
Reducing Earthquake Risk
369
Can Earthquakes Be Predicted?
375
Long-Term
Forecasting
375
Short-Term Prediction
375
Medium-Term Forecasting
376
Chapter
14
Exploring Earth's Interior
383
Exploring Earth's Interior with
Seismic Waves
384
Basic
Ty pes
of Waves
384
Paths of Seismic Waves Through Earth
384
Seismic Exploration of Near-Surface
Layering
387
Earth's Internal Temperature
Heat Flow Virough Earth's Interior
390
Temperatures Inside Earth
392
Visualizing Earth's Three-Dimensional
Structure
Seismic Tomography
394
Earth's Gravitational Field
396
Earth's Magnetic Field and
The Geodynamo
The
Dipole
Field
396
Complexity of the Magnetic Field
396
Paleomagnetism
400
The Magnetic Field and
the Biosphere
402
Chapter
15
The Climate System
Components of the Climate System
The Atmosphere
408
The Hydrosphere
409
The Cryosphere
411
The
Lithosphère
411
The Biosphere
412
The Greenhouse Effect
A Planet Without Greenhouse Gases
413
Earth's Greenhouse Atmosphere
414
Balancing the Climate System
Through Feedbacks
414
Climate Models and
Their Limitations
415
Climate Variation
Short-Term Regional Variations
417
Long-Term
Global Variations:
The Pleistocene Ice Ages
417
Long-Term
Global Variations:
Paleozoic and Proterozoic Ice Ages
422
Variations During the Most Recent
Glacial Cycle
422
The Carbon Cycle
Geochemical Cycles and
How Titey Work
423
Vie Cycling of Carbon
426
Human Perturbations
of the Carbon Cycle
427
Twentieth-Century Warming:
Fingerprints of Anthropogenic
Global Change
390
394
396
407
408
413
416
423
428
XVI
CONTENTS
Chapter
16
Weathering, Erosion, and
Mass Wasting: Interactions
Between the Climate and Plate
Tectonic Systems
435
Weathering, Erosion, Mass Wasting,
and the Rock Cycle
436
Controls on Weathering
436
The Properties of Parent Rock
436
Climate: Rainfall and Temperature
437
The Presence or Absence of Soil
43 7
The Length of Exposure
437
Chemical Weathering
438
The Role of Water: Feldspar
and Other Silicates
438
Carbon Dioxide, Weathering,
and the Climate System
439
The Role of Oxygen: From Iron
Silicates to Iron Oxides
441
Chemical Stability
442
Physical Weathering
443
How Do Rocks Break?
443
Interactions Between Weathering
and Erosion
444
Soils: The Residue of Weathering
445
Soils as Geosystems
446
Paleosols: Working Backward from
Soil to Climate
447
Mass Wasting
447
Slope Materials
449
Water Content
450
Slope Steepness
451
Triggers of Mass Movements
452
Classification of Mass Movements
453
Mass Movements of Rock
455
Mass Movements of
'
Unconsolidated
Material
456
Understanding the Origins of
Mass Movements
460
Natural Causes of Mass Movements
461
Human Activities That Promote
or Trigger Mass Movements
462
Chapter
17
The
Hydrologie
Cycle
and Groundwater
The Geologic Cycling of Water
Flow and Reservoirs
470
How Much Water Is There?
470
The
Hydrologie
Cycle
470
How Much Water Can We Use?
471
469
470
Hydrology and Climate
472
Humidity, Rainfall, and Landscape
472
Droughts
473
The Hydrology of Runoff
475
The Hydrology of Groundwater
477
Porosity and Permeability
478
The GroundwaterTable
480
Aquifers
482
Balancing Recharge and Discharge
482
The Speed of Groundwater Flows
485
Groundwater Resources and Their
Management
485
Erosion by Groundwater
488
Water Quality
490
Contamination of the Water Supply
490
Reversing Contamination
491
is the Water Drinkable?
491
Water Deep in the Crust
492
Hydrothermal
Waters
492
Ancient Microorganisms in Deep Aquifers
494
Chapter
18
Stream Transport: From Mountains
to Oceans
499
The Form of Streams
500
Stream Valleys
500
Channel Patterns
500
Stream Floodplains
503
Drainage Basins
503
Drainage Networks
505
Drainage Patterns and
Geologic History
505
Where Do Channels Begin? How Running
Water Erodes Soil and Rock
507
Abrasion
508
Chemical and Physical Weathering
508
The Undercutting Action of Waterfalls
508
How Currents Flow and Transport
Sediment
509
Erosion and Sediment
Transpori
510
Sediment Bed Forms: Dunes and Ripples
511
Deltas: The Mouths of Rivers
513
Delta Sedimentation
513
The Growth of Deltas
513
Human Effects on Deltas
515
The Effects of Ocean Currents, Tides,
and Plate Tectonic Processes
515
Streams as Geosystems
515
Discharge
516
Floods
518
Longitudinal Profiles
519
Lakes
522
CONTENTS
XVII
Chapter
19
Winds and Deserts
529
Global Wind Patterns
530
Wind as a Transport Agent
531
Wind Strength
531
Particle Size
531
Surface Conditions
531
Materials Carried by Wind
531
Wind as an Agent of Erosion
534
Sandblasting
534
Deflation
534
Wind as a Depositional Agent
535
Where Sand Dunes Form
535
How Sand Dunes Form and Move
536
Dune Types
538
Dust Falls and Loess
538
The Desert Environment
540
Where Deserts Are Found
540
Desert Weathering and Erosion
542
Desert Sediments and Sedimentation
543
Desert Landscapes
544
Chapter
20
Coastlines and Ocean Basins
551
How Ocean Basins Differ from Continents
552
Coastal Processes
552
Wave Motion: The Key to Shoreline
Dynamics
553
Tlie
Surf Zone
554
Wave Refraction
555
Tides
556
Hurricanes and Coastal
Storm Surges
557
The Shaping of Shorelines
564
Beaches
564
Erosion and Deposition at
Shorelines
567
Effects of Sea Level Change
568
Continental Margins
570
The Continental Shelf
571
Ћге
Continental Slope and Rise
571
Submarine Canyons
571
Topography of the Deep Seaf
loor
572
Probing the Seafloorfrom
Surface Ships
572
Charting the Seafloor by Satellite
575
Profiles Across Two Oceans
575
Main Features of the Deep Seafloor
578
Ocean Sedimentation
578
Sedimentation on the Continental Shelf
579
Deep-Sea Sedimentation
579
Chapter
21
Glaciers: The Work of Ice
Ice as a Rock
Valley Glaciers
588
Continental Glaciers
590
How Glaciers Form
Basic Ingredients: Freezing Cold and Lots
of Snow
591
Glacial Growth: Accumulation
592
Glacial Shrinkage: Ablation
592
The Glacial Budget: Accumulation
Minus Ablation
592
587
588
591
How Glaciers Move
Mechanisms of Glacial Flow
Flow in Valley Glaciers
594
Antarctica in Motion
594
594
594
598
Glacial Landscapes
Glacial Erosion and Erosional
Landforms
599
Glacial Sedimentation and Sedimentary
Landforms
603
Permafrost
606
Glacial Cycles and Climate Change
606
The Wisconsin
Glaciation
607
Glaciation
and Sea Level Change
608
The Geologic Record of Pleistocene
Glaciations
609
The Geologic Record of Ancient
Glaciations
609
Chapter
22
Landscape Development
617
Topography, Elevation, and Relief
618
Landforms:
Features Sculpted by Erosion
and Sedimentation
621
Mountains and Hills
621
Plateaus
623
Stream Valleys
623
Structurally Controlled Ridges and Valleys
626
Structurally Controlled Cliffs
626
How Interacting Geosystems Control
Landscapes
626
Feedback Between Climate and
Topography
628
Feedback Between Uplift and Erosion
629
Models of Landscape Development
630
Davis's Cycle: Uplift is Followed
by Erosion
632
Penck's Model: Erosion Competes
with Uplift
634
Hack's Model: Erosion and Uplift Achieve
Equilibrium
636
XVIII
CONTENTS
Chapter
23
The Human Impact on Earth's
Environment
641
Civilization as a Global Geosystem
642
Natural Resources
642
Energy Resources
643
Rise of the Carbon Economy
644
Global Energy Consumption
645
Energy Resources for the Future
646
Carbon Flux from Energy Production
646
Fossil-Fuel Resources
646
How Do Oil and Gas Form?
647
Where Do We Find Oil and Gas?
647
Distribution of Oil Reserves
648
Oil Production and Consumption
649
When Will We Run Out of Oil?
650
Oil and the Environment
650
Natural Gas
651
Coal
653
Unconventional Hydrocarbon
Resources
655
Alternative Energy Resources
655
Nuclear Energy
655
Biofuels
657
Solar Energy
658
Hydroelectric Energy
658
Wind Energy
658
Geothermal Energy
660
Global Change
660
Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
660
Predictions of Future Global Warming
661
Consequences of Climate Change
662
Ocean Acidification
666
Loss of Biodiversity
666
Earth System Engineering and Management
667
Energy Policy
668
Use of Alternative Energy Resources
669
Engineering the Carbon Cycle
669
Stabilizing Carbon Emissions
669
Sustainable Development
670
Appendix
1
Conversion Factors AP-1
Appendix
2
Numerical Data Pertaining
to Earth AP-2
Appendix
3
Chemical Reactions AP-3
Appendix
4
Properties of the Most Common
Minerals of Earth's Crust AP-5
Appendix
5
Practicing Geology Exercises:
Answers to Problems AP-9
Glossary G-l
Index
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