An essential field guide for geology lovers.Praise for the hardcover edition:"...[a] very interesting title..."?American Reference Books AnnualWritten by a team of eminent geologists and educators, The Field Guide to Geology, New Edition features clear graphics and simple field-guide procedures to guide hikers through the great outdoors. A revised and updated edition of a best-seller, this helpful resource offers readers ready access to the subject. This edition features 200 new two-color illustrations (more than 750 in all), updated graphs and tables, as well as two new chapters titled "Monitoring the Earth's Changes" and "Geologists of Note." This volume's lucid, easy-to-follow text covers all the key rudiments of geology and will provide nature lovers with a useful reference to various geological phenomena.Topics covered include:

• Air currents
• Composition
• Desertification
• Greenhouse effect
• Ice changes
• Seafloor profiling
• Seismic activity
• Submersibles
• Tides
• Waterflow
• and more.