Every day we walk across its surface, admiring its variety of plants, animals, and landscapes. Earth has taken billions of years to evolve into the planet we now inhabit. This volume examines this long history, from Earth’s origins in a cloud of gas and dust to its place as a planet teeming with life. It addresses questions that scientists have long debated:

Die Erde, der Mond und einige andere Himmelskörper sind aus Gesteinen aufgebaut. Gesteine sind aus meist mehreren Mineralen geformt und können daher als Mineralaggregate beschrieben werden. Minerale bestehen aus einem Element (z.B. Silber, Kupfer) oder einer chemischen Verbindung (z.B. Halit, NaCl) und aus einem festen, kristallinen, symmetrischen Körper, d.h. sie weisen eine Kristallstruktur mit regelmäßig angeordneten Atomen, Ionen oder Molekülen auf. Minerale sind auf natürliche Weise im Erdkörper gewachsen – und wurden durch einen geologischen Prozess gebildet.

Учебное пособие подготовлено кандидатом геолого-минералогических наук, доцентом кафедры физической геодезии и дистанционного зондирования СГГА В. И. Кузьминым в соответствии с требованиями Государственного образовательного стандарта высшего профессионального образования.

В пособии описаны геофизические методы изучения строения Земли, а также процессы и явления, происходящие как внутри, так и на ее поверхности.

Рекомендовано к изданию Ученым советом Института геодезии и менеджмента СГГА.

Сборник научных статей по материалам Международной научно-практической конференции «Теория и методы исследований в естественных науках» (ЕНИ ПГНИУ, 28 ноября 2016 г.) посвящен 100-летию Пермского государственного национального исследовательского университета и 95-летию Естественнонаучного института.

Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology is the most widely adopted, user-friendly manual available for teaching laboratories in introductory geology and geoscience. The manual has been produced under the auspices of the American Geological Institute (AG1) and the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT). It is backed up by an Internet site, GeoTools (ruler, protractor, UTM grids, sediment grain size scale, etc.), Instructor Resource Guide, Instructor Transparency Set, and an Instructor Resource Center (IRC) on CD-ROM.

Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology is the most widely adopted, user-friendly manual available for teaching laboratories in introductory geology and geoscience. The manual has been produced under the auspices of the American Geological Institute (AGI) and the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT). It is backed up by an Internet site, GeoTools (ruler, protractor, UTM grids, sediment grain-size scale, etc.), Instructor Resource Guide, Instructor Slide Set, Instructor Transparency Set, and a Digital Image Gallery (DIGIT) CD-ROM.'

The Dinaric Karst of Croatia was formed in a tectonically active area, where several geotectonic plates of variable size are in direct contact. The African tectonic plate, with its smaller Adriatic plate, extends northwards towards the Alps. The Adriatic plate subducts under the Dinaric plate, which is the base part of the Dinaric Mountains. Therefore, this is a seismically palaeo and neotectonically active area with many earthquakes. Since these area is composed mainly of soluble carbonate rocks (mostly Mesozoic and Cenozoic ages) that are up to 8 km thick in this area, with favourable hydrogeological conditions, the karstification processes are very prominent. A brief overview of the geology of Croatia also indicates the complexity of hydrogeological processes in this area. <...>

The deep oceans and global seafloor are truly Earth’s last frontier. They remain largely unexplored, yet are critical to our survival on this planet. This magnificent volume transports you to volcanoes, boiling hot springs, and fault zones in mountains a mile beneath the ocean surface, where bizarre landscapes host exotic life forms that rival the most imaginative science fiction.