Geology & Oceanography

For an introductory physical geology course taught at both two- and four-year schools.

Exploring Earth takes an integrative, process approach to teaching physical geology by presenting the traditional breadth of topics using plate tectonics as a unifying theme. These highly respected researchers and teachers explore the science of geology with the reader via clear, comprehensible prose and an exceptional art program.

• NEW - New Chapter on geologic time.

• NEW - Modularized hazards and resources chapters—Linked clearly to the less “applied” body of the text.

• NEW - Streamlined plate tectonics coverage—Combines 4 chapters into two.

• NEW - New chapter on Earth's water.

• NEW - Quantitative problems—Adds/identifies one or more quantitative problems at the end of chapters.

• Real-world approach—Portrays Geology as a science that integrates Physics, Chemistry, and Biology within the context of a process organization that places these fundamental principles within a Geological framework.

• Unique process-oriented focus.

  • Helps students gain a better understanding of how Earth works.

• Meticulously produced art program—Features many illustrative photos, maps and line drawings. Frequently, a single graphic is composed of both line art and photographs.

  • Makes it easier for students to conceptualize material within the larger geologic process.

• Speed Bumps —Incorporates brief interim summaries throughout chapters, especially after discussion of important concepts.

  • Allows students to pause, review, remember, and then continue their studies.

• Cross-references—Marked by an icon. Indicates where the referenced material was introduced or previously mentioned.

  • Helps students build their understanding of the many connections within Earth's systems.

• Focus Boxes—Takes a closer, more in-depth look at interesting topics presented in a chapter, e.g., “Simulating Earth's Interior”; “The Eruption of Mount St. Helen's”; “Why is the Ocean Salty?”; and “The Ant arctic Ozone Hole.”

• Living with Geology boxes—e.g., “Can Earthquakes be Controlled?”; “Acid Rain”; “Explosive Volcanic Eruptions: A Hazard to Aircraft”; and “Damming a Wild River.”

  • Helps students understand the environment and how it directly affects our lives.

• End-of-chapter materials—Each chapter concludes with “Questions for Review and Further Thought” and a list of suggested readings.

• New Chapter on geologic time.

• Modularized hazards and resources chapters—Linked clearly to the less “applied” body of the text.

• Streamlined plate tectonics coverage—Combines 4 chapters into two.

• New chapter on Earth's water.

• Quantitative problems—Adds/identifies one or more quantitative problems at the end of chapters.

(NOTE: Each chapter begins with Overview and Introduction and concludes with Summary, Key Terms, and Questions for Review and Further Thought.)

I: PLANET EARTH: ACTING AND INTERACTING.

II: COMPOSITION AND TIME.

III: EARTH DYNAMICS.

IV: SHAPING OF EARTH.

V: EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT.

Physical Geology (non-majors)  (Geology & Oceanography)

Jon P. Davidson received his undergraduate degree in Geology from the University of Durham and a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Leeds. He has held a Visiting Assistant Professorship at both Southern Methodist University in Texas and the University of Michigan. He joined the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1988 and taught courses in Earth Science, Historical Geology, Igneous Petrology, Isotope Geochemistry, Volcanology, and the Regional Geology of Britain and New Zealand. In 2000 he was appointed Chair of Earth Sciences at the University of Durham, U.K. Professor Davidson has led field trips to the Cascades, the southwestern United States, Hawaii, New Zealand, and Britain.

In 1994 Professor Davidson received the UCLA Harriet and Charles Luckman Outstanding Teaching award, and in 1998 he received the Wager Medal of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior. Davidson is an igneous petrologist and geochemist, with a keen interest in volcanology. His work focuses primarily on volcanoes in the Caribbean, the Andes, Ascension Island in the south Atlantic, Iran, and Kamchatka in Russia. In his spare time, he enjoys travel, photography, cricket, football (both types), and music.

Walter E. Reed received his Ph.D. in 1972 from the University of California, Berkeley and joined the faculty of the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1973. Prior to his arrival at UCLA, he worked in an oil company research laboratory for four years and worked for two years for the Department of Defense on the Nuclear Test Site and at the National Reactor Test Range. He has won two "best paper" awards, one in organic geochemistry and one (with his graduate student) in structural geology. Professor Reed has taught continuously since arriving at UCLA, and his courses include Introductory Geology, Sedimentology and Sedimentary Petrology, and Field Geology, spending six to eight weeks each summer with students in the Sierra Nevadas with the latter course.

Professor Reed is a field geologist with experience throughout the western United States, the Aleutian Islands, Spitsbergen, Norway, and Israel. His recent work focuses on California's western Transverse Ranges and on a tectonically emplaced metamorphic-plutonic complex in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Professor Reed's hobbies include trout fishing, skiing, ice climbing, and building and riding Harley Davidson motorcycles.

Paul M. Davis is a Professor of Geophysics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Queensland, followed by postdoctoral studies at both the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of Alberta and the Department of Geodesy and Geophysics at the University of Cambridge. He joined the faculty at UCLA in 1980 and has recently served as the Vice-Chair and Chair of the Department of Earth and Space Sciences. He teaches Seismology and Applied Geophysics.

Professor Davis received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995 to conduct research in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford. Upon his return to UCLA, he assumed the position of senior editor of the American Geophysical Union Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth). His research uses geophysical experiments to study lithospheric dynamics. He has installed magnetometer arrays on volcanoes on Kilauea, Hawaii and Washington's Mount St. Helens and has carried out seismic array studies of the Mount Etna volcano and the Rio Grande, East African, and Baikal rifts. Professor Davis' interests include racquetball, sailing, hiking, and backpacking with his family.

By employing plate tectonics as its central and unifying theme, Exploring Earth takes an innovative, integrative, and process-oriented approach in presenting the traditional breadth of physical geology topics.

Exploring Earth features:

• Clear, precise prose that renders understandable even the most complex concepts.
• An exceptional art program developed by the authors.
• Engaging "Focus On" essays that tie the theory to our daily lives.
• Unique student-friendly teaching strategies (Speed Bumps, critical thinking questions, and quantitative questions) that promote understanding over memorization.

Exploring Earth Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/davidson). This innovative on-line study guide is tied chapter-by-chapter to the text and includes:

• Automatically graded, reportable review quizzes
• Short Answer Questions
• Critical Thinking Questions
• Annotated links to the best geology sites on the Web

Student Study Guide
This guide helps to reinforce materials covered in the textbook and includes:

• Introduction
• Objectives
• Key Terms
• Study Questions

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©2002 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement; 0 pp | Instock
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