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Environmental Geology: An Earth Systems Approach

An Earth Systems Approach

Author: Dorothy Merritts and Andrew De Wit  

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Emphasizing the interconnected nature of environmental geology and the multidimensional processes of the Earth, this new edition of Merritt's classic text provides a balanced approach to environmental issues and builds student understanding with case studies, conceptual explanations, and relevant presentation of material.

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Emphasizing the interconnected nature of environmental geology and the multidimensional processes of the Earth, this new edition of Merritt's classic text provides a balanced approach to environmental issues and builds student understanding with case studies, conceptual explanations, and relevant presentation of material.

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Emphasising the interconnected nature of environmental geology and the multidimensional processes of the Earth, this highly anticipated new edition of Merritt's classic text provides a balanced approach to environmental issues and builds an informed student understanding with case studies, conceptual explanations, and relevant presentation of material. By far the most concise book for its course, it remains the only textbook to use an earth systems approach to exploring how the Earth works, the human impact on the environment, and the characteristics of different natural hazards.

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About the Author

Dorothy Merritts is a professor in the Department of Earth and Environment at Franklin Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. In the western United States, she conducted research on the San Andreas Fault of coastal California, and her international work focuses on fault movements in South Korea, Indonesia, Australia, and Costa Rica. She is an author or co-author on more than 70 scientific articles, and the editor and contributing writer for numerous scientific books and field guides. Kirsten Menking is an environmental Earth scientist in the Department of Earth Science and Geography at Vassar College, USA. Her current research involves quantifying the amount of road salt entering the groundwater system, a topic of concern both for people dependent on well water and for aquatic ecosystems. Andrew de Wet is a classically trained geologist specializing in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing, and their application to environmental problems on Earth and geological processes on Mars. He teaches environmental geology, GIS and Natural Resources, and an interdisciplinary course on comparative planetology with a focus on Mars. He has published articles on geological pedagogy in the Journal of Geological Education and on shared faculty positions in the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering and Geotimes. He is a member of the Geological Society of America and the American Geophysical Union. He is involved in a long-standing collaboration with researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and publishes on environmental issues and planetary geology.

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Product Details

Publisher
W. H. Freeman | W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
Published
21st December 2012
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Pages
500
ISBN
9781429237437

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