petrology

Simple text and color photos present a basic introduction to rocks, explaining where they are found, what they look like, and how the three types of rock--igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic--form.

Describes the processes that create rock, such as weathering, compaction, and cementation, and examines igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock.

Questions and answers provide basic information about rocks and minerals, including their formation, properties, and identification.

Presents an introduction to the rock cycle, the process by which rocks form, break down, and reform over the course of thousands of years, looks at different types of rocks, and examines the forces that cause rocks to change.

Presents a short study of igneous rocks and how they are formed, the various types of igneous rocks such as obsidian and pumice, and the importance of igneous rocks to the study of the earth.

Describes the distinguishing characteristics of various kinds of rocks.

Presents information on collecting and identifying rocks and minerals, with sections on metallic, nonmetallic, gem, and rock-forming minerals, and on igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.

This book introduces identification of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and describes their many uses.

An introduction to mineralogy and the study of rocks, minerals, and soils.

Photographs, diagrams, and illustrations describe the various types of rocks that make up the rock cycle, how rocks are formed, how the rock cycle is linked with Earth's other cycles, and the importance to the Earth's environment.