Geology: a complete introduction

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: a mighty matter of legend

2. Inside and outside: the solid Earth and the atmosphere

3. Earthquakes

4. Plate tectonics

5. Volcanoes

6. Igneous intrusions

7. Metamorphism

8. Weathering, erosion and transport

9. Deposition of sediment and the origin of sedimentary rocks

10. Deformation of rocks

11. Physical resources

12. Past life and fossils

13. A short history of the Earth

14. Solar System geology

15. Going into the field

Appendix 1: Minerals

Appendix 2: Rock names: Igneous rocks; Metamorphic rocks; Sedimentary rocks

Appendix 3: Geological time

Glossary

Answers

Plates.