Essentials of geology / Основы геологии

The thirteenth edition of Essentials of Geology, like its predecessors, is a college-level text that is intended to be a meaningful, nontechnical survey for students taking their first course in geology. In addition to being informative and up-to-date, a major goal of this book is to meet the need of students for a readable and user-friendly text that is a valuable tool for learning the basic principles and concepts of geology.
Although many topical issues are treated in the 13th edition of Essentials, it should be emphasized that the main focus of this new edition remains the same as the focus of each of its predecessors: to promote student understanding of basic principles. As much as possible, we have attempted to provide the reader with a sense of the observational techniques and reasoning processes that constitute the science of geology.