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Essentials of Geology

Science & Math

Lutgens, Frederick K.

Earth Sciences

Macmillan Coll Div

From the renowned Lutgens/Tarbuck/Tasa team, the Twelfth Edition ofEssentials of Geology continues to elevate its readability, art program, focus on basic principles and instructor flexibility. This revision incorporates what has historically made the text a best seller with a new active learning approach throughout each chapter, which offers students a structured learning path and provides a reliable, consistent framework for mastering the chapter concepts.
It also includes new additions to its learning path, mobile field trips, and visual program. This edition is supported by MasteringGeology™–used by over 1.5 million science students, the Mastering platform is the most effective and widely used online tutorial, homework, and assessment system for the sciences.
This program will provide an interactive and engaging learning experience for your students. Here’s how:
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Personalize learning with MasteringGeology: MasteringGeology provides students with engaging and interactive experiences that coach them through introductory physical geography with specific wrong-answer feedback, hints, and a wide variety of educationally effective content. </li>
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Teach with an active learning path that emphasizes learning objectives, tie questions back to objectives, ask students to analyze, synthesize, and critically think about core concepts, and break down chapter content.</li>
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Engage students with an art program that supports a structured learning path with its bold-magazine like design.</li>
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 Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; My_Lab/Mastering does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchaseboth the physical text and My_Lab/Mastering search for ISBN-10: 0321949803/ISBN-13: 9780321949806. That package includes ISBN-10: 0321947738/ISBN-13: 9780321947734 and ISBN-10: 0321966864/ISBN-13: 9780321966865.
My_Lab/Mastering is not a self-paced technology and should only be purchased when required by an instructor.

Tarbuck, Edward J.

Building on the tremendous reception to its parent volume, Earth 8th edition, the same groundbreaking media package is now integrated into the brief version of the best-selling introductory physical geology volume. This eighth edition of Essentials of Geology represents a thorough revision, yet retains the hallmarks readers have come to expect from Tarbuck and Lutgen. Reader friendly writing style, carefully crafted illustrations by Dennis Tasa that are both geologically accurate and visually appealing, and updated coverage of the most recent geologic events. The volume provides an introduction to geology covering minerals, igneous rocks, volcanoes and other igneous activity, weathering and soil, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, mass wasting, running water, groundwater, glaciers and glaciation, deserts and wind, shorelines, the ocean floor, earthquakes and earth's interior, plate tectonics, mountain building, geologic time, and earth history. For individuals interested in an introduction to geology.

Essentials of Geology (8th Edition)

Pearson College Div

For courses in Earth Science.The brief, paperback version of the best-selling Earth Science, 9/E, this text offers a user-friendly overview of the physical environment. It retains the hallmarks professors expect from Fred Lutgens and Ed Tarbuck-a student-friendly writing style, carefully crafted art program, and coverage of the most recent current events. For the first time, each copy of the text comes packaged with the GEODE II student CD-ROM. Many enhancements have been made to the instructional package.

Foundations of Earth Science

This manual provides a comprehensive, versatile, and adaptable collection of 22 self-contained laboratories that examine the basic principles and concepts of geology, metrology, oceanography, and astronomy. Goes beyond the traditional exercises that examine measurements, mineral, rocks, latitude and longitude, topographic maps, Earth-sun relations, etc. For anyone interested in geology or geography.

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (3rd Edition)

Tasa, Dennis

Pinzke, Kenneth G.

PRENTICE/HALL

GEODe II is a highly interactive tutorial on CD-ROM that helps students review key geologic concepts through a variety of activities, including labeling diagrams, locating earthquake epicenters, identifying rocks and minerals. Animations and sound bring the excitement of geology to life. Suitable for review outside of class or for use in a lab setting.

Geode II

Tarbuck, Edward

Lutgens, Frederick

Earth Science

For introductory Earth Science courses found in departments of Geology, Geography, or Atmospheric Sciences for students with little or no exposure to college-level science.Earth Science offers a user-friendly overview of our physical environment with balanced, up-to-date coverage of geology, oceanography, astronomy, and meteorology. The emphasis is on readability, with clear, example-driven explanations refined by over twenty years of instructor and student feedback. The text takes full advantage of the subject's visual appeal. Discussions are reinforced with a superb collection of color photos, along with illustrations by highly respected Earth science illustrator, Dennis Tasa. A tightly integrated media package further extends students' understanding of Earth science.

For courses in Physical Geology. An all-new, groundbreaking media package brings to life the latest edition of the best-selling Earth by Ed Tarbuck and Fred Lutgens. A text-dedicated website, new GEODe II CD-ROM (included with every copy of the text!), and more provide complete, state-of-the-art multimedia support for both students and instructors. Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, Sixth Edition retains the hallmarks professors have come to expect from Tarbuck and Lutgens-a student-friendly writing style, carefully crafted illustrations by Dennis Tasa that are geologically accurate and visually appealing, and coverage of the most recent geologic events.

Earth and GEODE 2 CD Package (6th Edition)

Computers & Technology

Web Development & Design

A textbook for an undergraduate course that will be the first for students entering the field and the only one in geology for those meeting breadth requirements. Lutgens and Tarbuck (both Illinois Central College) provide a nontechnical survey for people with little background in science. Illustrations are abundant and colorful. Editions from 1982 to 1989 were published by Merill, and the 1992 by Macmillan. The seventh has been thoroughly revised with an eye to keeping topics current and improving the clarity of the discussion, based on feedback from reviewers and students. The disc contains animations, interactive exercises, and enhanced text; it runs under Macintosh or Windows, but not Unix. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Essentials of Geology and GEODe II CD-ROM Package (7th Edition)

LUTGENS

Including two chapter on historical geology, this work aims to offer a thorough treatment of environmental issues.

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Essentials of Geology

Essentials of Geology

Essentials of Geology (8th Edition)

Foundations of Earth Science

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (3rd Edition)

Geode II

Earth Science

Earth and GEODE 2 CD Package (6th Edition)

Essentials of Geology and GEODe II CD-ROM Package (7th Edition)

Essentials of Geology