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Can I read Earth: Portrait of a Planet on EtoBox?
Earth: Portrait of a Planet by Marshak, Stephen, 1955- is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Earth: Portrait of a Planet about?
Preface -- See for yourself : using Google Earth -- Prelude -- And just what is geology? -- pt. I. Our island in space -- 1. Cosmology and the birth of Earth -- 2. Journey to the center of the Earth -- Meteorites -- The lithosphere and asthenosphere -- 3. Drifting continents and spreading seas -- Wegener's evidence for continental drift -- Paleomagnetism : proving continents move -- Seafloor spreading -- Magnetic reversals and marine magnetic anomalies -- 4. The way the Earth works : plate tectonics -- Divergent-plate boundaries and seafloor spreading -- Convergent-plate boundaries and subduction -- Transform-plate boundaries -- Special locations in the plate mosaic -- Moving plates -- pt. II. Earth materials -- 5. Patterns in nature : minerals -- Crystals -- Mineral classification -- Asbestos and health -- Gems -- Introducing rocks -- Basis of rock classification -- 6. Up from the inferno : magma and igneous rocks -- Melts -- Molten rock --^ Comparing extrusive and intrusive environments -- Bowen's reaction series -- Plate tectonic context of ingenious activity -- A surface veneer : sediments and soils -- Weathering, sediment , and soil production -- 7. Pages of Earth's past : sed
Who reads Earth: Portrait of a Planet?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Marshak, Stephen, 1955-
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393937503
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Science, Stem
- Rating
- 4.4 / 5 (274 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14