Physical Geology
by Karla Panchuk
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan 2019
Number of pages: 375
Description:
Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada.
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