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Earth and Environmental Science: The Preliminary Course
Christopher Huxley, Iain Imlay-Gillespie
June 2002
9780521890205
Earth and Environmental Science is a comprehensive course text for HSC Earth and Environmental Science students.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Planet Earth and its Environment:
- 1. Observing our universe
- 2. The origin of the universe
- 3. The Sun and the solar system
- 4. The early Earth and its atmosphere
- 5. The early Earth and the start of life
- Part II. Dynamic Earth:
- 6. Dating rocks and other materials
- 7. Plate movements
- 8. Magnetism and the wandering poles
- 9. Tectonic forces
- Part III. The Local Environment:
- 10. The local environment as a system
- 11. The elements of lithosphere and landscape
- 12. Soils - features and formations
- 13. Adaptations and survival in disturbed habitats
- 14. Human impacts on the environment
- 15. Balancing development and conservation
- 16. Biodiversity
- Part IV. Water Issues:
- 17. Water movements on the Earth
- 18. Water and Australian environments
- 19. Water and weathering
- 20. Water resources - past and present
- Part V. Effective Research: Answering and asking questions
- Glossary
- Index.
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