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Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, 7/E
American Geological Institute
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Richard M. Busch, Editor
Dennis Tasa, Illustrator

ISBN-10: 0131497456
ISBN-13: 9780131497450

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 320 pp
Published: 07/28/2005

Suggested retail price: $76.80
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Revised throughout for enhanced clarity and accuracy – and with a greater emphasis on the process of science – this user-friendly, best-selling laboratory manual examines the basic principles of geology and their applications to everyday life. Students are encouraged to view these principles in terms of natural resources, natural hazards, and human risks. This trusted resource features contributions from highly regarded geologists and geoscience educators, with an exceptional illustration program by Dennis Tasa.

• Extensive instructor and student resources — Includes Internet site, GeoTools templates (rulers, protractors, mapping tools, sediment grain size scale, etc.), and a variety of instructor resources.

 

• Outstanding visual clarity and appeal — Offers high-quality photographs, images, stereograms, maps, and charts.

 

• Emphasis on GPS (Global Positioning System) and UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator grid datum) — Introduces students to these topics and their application in navigation, mapping and geology.

 

•  Revision based on extensive diary reviews.  Prentice Hall commissioned week-by-week reviews from lab instructors (both professors and TAs) from around the country.  Their feedback was instrumental in refining and improving the labs.

 

• Hands-on experimental labs.

 

•  GeoTools — Provides students with rulers, protractors, sediment grain-size scales, UTM grids and other laboratory tools on transparent cut-out sheets at the back of the manual. A math conversion chart, explanation of measurement units, and illustrations of lab equipment are provided in the Preface.

• Extensive revisions to Laboratory 1, now titled “Observing Earth Materials and Processes of Change Through Time”: 

- Introduces the geologic timescale

- Offers a concise, engaging introduction to satellite-based remote sensing of Earth

- Presents new learning objectives for students: 1) To know what the geologic time scale is and how it is similar to, yet different from, a book; 2) to understand basic principles and tools of satellite remote sensing used by geoscientists, and apply them with their skills of observation to identify Earth materials, observe and describe processes of change, and make predictions; 3) to know that geology is based on a logical testable process of scientific inquiry that is “ground truthed” with data obtained by direct observation, investigation, and measurement in the field (out of doors, in natural context) and laboratory.

 

• New figures where appropriate to embody recent issues and discoveries. Examples include:

- Landsat images of Lake Chad region for comparison (1972, 2002); ASTER thermal infrared images of Chiliques Volcano for comparison (May 24 vs. Jan 6, 2002) (Laboratory 1)

- 3 types of plate boundaries (Laboratory 2)

- Water Table Contours and Flow Lines (Laboratory 12)

- A completed time-travel chart added for student use (Laboratory 16)

- Satellite image added for students to locate and determine names of California faults (Laboratory 16).

 

• Figures revised throughout to promote clarity and accuracy – In some cases, figures have been enlarged substantially.

 

• Additional tear-out rock analysis charts — Includes tear-outs on Metamorphic Rocks; Exploring Rocks and a Rock Cycle Model; Igneous Rocks; and more.

Laboratory 1: Exploring and Measuring Earth Materials and Processes

 

Laboratory 2: Plate Tectonics and the Origin or Magma   Laboratory 3:  Mineral Properties, Uses, and Identification

 

Laboratory 4:  Exploring Rocks and a Rock Cycle Model

 

Laboratory 5:  Igneous Rocks and Volcanic Hazards

 

Laboratory 6:  Sedimentary Rocks, Processes, and Environments

 

Laboratory 7:  Metamorphic Rocks, Processes, and Resources

 

Laboratory 8:  Dating of Rocks, Fossils, and Geologic Events

 

Laboratory 9:  Topographic Maps and Aerial Photographs

 

Laboratory 10:  Geologic Structures, Maps, and Block Diagrams

 

Laboratory 11:  Stream Processes, Landscapes, Mass Wastage, and Flood Hazards

 

Laboratory 12:  Groundwater Processes, Resources, and Risks

 

Laboratory 13:  Glacial Processes, Landforms, and Indicators of Climate Change

 

Laboratory 14:  Dryland Landforms, Hazards, and Risks

 

Laboratory 15:  Coastal Processes, Landforms, Hazards, and Risks

 

Laboratory 16:  Earthquake Hazards and Human Risks

    Revised throughout for enhanced clarity and accuracy — and with a greater emphasis on the process of science — this user-friendly, best-selling laboratory manual examines the basic principles of geology and their applications to everyday life. Students are encouraged to view these principles in terms of natural resources, natural hazards, and human risks. This trusted resource features contributions from highly regarded geologists and geoscience educators, with an exceptional illustration program by Dennis Tasa.
  • 0136007716Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, 8/E
    American Geological Institute, Tarbuck & Busch
    © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Spiral Bound; 336 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0136007716 | ISBN-13: 9780136007715
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