Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology
Seventh Edition

by
Edward J. Tarbuck
Frederick K. Lutgens

Kenneth G. Pinzke website author

This site is organized around the chapter structure found in the new Seventh Edition of this popular text by Edward J. Tarbuck and Frederick K. Lutgens (Prentice Hall, 2002). The material for each chapter contains several major elements, as described below.

You'll find that each chapter contains a variety of different types of review questions--multiple choice, true and false, essay, and critical thinking. These questions will help site users both review the content of the chapters and expand upon the materials presented in the text. Additionally, each chapter contains web destinations for further exploration of the topic at hand.

To begin, use the list below or Jump To menu above to select a chapter.

1. An Introduction to Geology
2. Matter and Minerals
3. Igneous Rocks
4. Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity
5. Weathering and Soil
6. Sedimentary Rocks
7. Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
8. Geologic Time
9. Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity
10. Running Water
11. Groundwater
12. Glaciers and Glaciation
13. Deserts and Winds
14. Shorelines
15. Crustal Deformation
16. Earthquakes
17. Earth's Interior
18. The Ocean Floor
19. Plate Tectonics
20. Mountain Building and the Evolution of Continents
21. Energy and Mineral Resources
22. Planetary Geology

(rev. 02/04)