Offers students an overview of plate tectonics, discussing how the Earth's plates move on a bed of molten magma under the Earth's surface and how that movement creates landforms such as mountains and trenches and cause volcanoes and tsunamis.
Profiles the Grand Canyon, Windjana Gorge, Fish River Canyon, and seven other significant canyons around the world, describing their origins, history, and structure.
Discusses plate tectonics, the theory that the surface of the earth is always moving, and the connection of this phenomenon to earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.
An introduction to contemporary seismology, looking at how earthquakes are studied, and discussing how scientists are using seismology to reduce the human, environmental, and structural impact of future earthquakes.
Discusses plate tectonics and the causes of earthquakes and volcanoes, the features and formation of other geographical areas, and possible future changes in the earth's surface. Features projects throughout.
Explains the theory of continental drift, presents the supporting evidence, and describes how this knowledge is important in locating valuable resources and developing warning systems for earthquakes and volcanoes.
Describes the natural processes that formed Earth and change its surface, discussing the earth's crust, continental drift, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, and other related topics.
