Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology (6th Edition)

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With contributions from more than 120 highly regarded geologists and geoscience educators and an exceptional illustration program by Dennis Tasa this user-friendly best-selling laboratory manual focuses on the basic principles of geology and their applications to everyday life in terms of natural resources natural hazards and human risks. This edition of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual in Physical Geology addresses many current technologies such as satellite technologies atomic resolution imaging seismic tomography and UTM mapping and system. It also covers many current topics such as isostasy origin of magma modeling Earths interior rock cycling and plate tectonics volcanic processes and hazards numerical dating GPS UTM floods ground water glaciers as barometers of climate change dryland hazards coastal hazards earthquakes Earth resources and human risks. For anyone wishing to learn more about physical geology through practice