The Geology Book

Rocks firmly anchored to the ground and rocks floating through space are fascinating. Jewelry, houses, and roads are just some of the ways people use what has been made from geologic processes to advance civilization. Whether scrambling over a rocky beach, or gazing at spectacular meteor showers, it's not possible to get enough of geology! The Geology Book will teach reader: What really carved the Grand Canyon. How thick the Earth's crust is. The varied features of the Earth's surface, from plains to peaks. How sedimentary deposition occurs through water, wind, and ice. Effects of erosion. Ways in which sediments become sedimentary rock. Fossilization and the age of the dinosaurs. The powerful effects of volcanic activity. Continental drift theory. Radioisotope and carbon dating. Geologic processes of the past. The planet is a most suitable home. Its practical benefits are also enhanced by the sheer beauty of rolling hills, solitary plains, churning seas and rivers, and majestic mountains, all set in place by processes that are relevant to today's entire population of this spinning rock called home.