Geology Fundamentals (Third Edition)

Author: Song Chunqing
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This book is a fundamental textbook for geography majors in normal universities. It includes 15 chapters covering general theory, minerals, igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks, mineral deposits, tectonic movements and tectonic changes, earthquakes, major tectonic theories, methods for studying the Earth's crust history, and the history of each geological era, among others, and basically includes the fundamental knowledge and theories of geology. As a revised textbook for the third edition, this book emphasizes the incorporation of the latest academic achievements, such as introducing the formation of granite, special sedimentary rocks, regional mixed rockization, volcanic mineral deposits, polymictic mineral deposits, the theory of kerogen forming oil, ductile faults, regional major faults, terranes, geological and biological events, the Cambrian explosion of life, and the extinction of dinosaurs, as well as the more recent "China Earthquake Intensity Scale" and "Geological Time Scale." It is suitable as a textbook for geography, geology, geoscience, environmental science, and related disciplines, as well as for readers and reference purposes.