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A top-seller for 35 years running, with over one million copies sold, this lab manual represents by far the best collection of photos of rocks, and minerals, and one of the best compilations of exercises available. Exercises using maps, aerial photos, satellite imagery, and other materials encompass all the major geologic processes as well as the identification of rocks and minerals. Topics include: Minerals and Crystal Growth; Mineral Identification; Igneous Rocks; Sedimentary Rocks; Metamorphic Rocks; Geologic Time—Relative Dating; Maps and Aerial Photos; Landforms of the United States; Stream Erosion and Deposition; Mass Movement; Groundwater; Valley Glaciation; Continental Glaciation; Shoreline Processes; Eolian Processes; Structural Geology; Seismology; Plate Tectonics; Divergent Plate Boundaries; Transform Plate Boundaries; Convergent Boundaries; Plumes and Hotspots; Planetary Geology.