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Understanding Earth doesn’t merely present the concepts and processes of physical geology—the authors focus on how we know what we know. Students actively take part in the scientific process of discovery and learn through experience as they explore the impact of geology on their lives as citizens and future stewards of the planet.

New to this editioNNew material on recent natural disasters including:• The 2010 Iceland volcano eruption and the important economic effects due to ash clouds disrupting air travel over all of Europe• The 2010 Merapi (Indonesia) eruptions which claimed more lives that any other volcano this century• The 2011 Honchu (Japan) tsunami

The most current data on climate change (Chapter 15)Recent news from the field on natural resources, including fracking (Chapter 5) and ages of petroleum source rocks (Chapter 8)Cutting edge information on the Mars Mission, provided by the mission’s chief geologist, John Grotzinger (Chapters 9 and 11)Updated Earth Issues boxes that highlight controversial, social, political, and economic issues (building codes, Mars mission, etc.)Updated Art Programme, with over 100 new graphics and photos

John P. GrotzingerCalifornia Institute of Technology, USAThomas H. JordanUniversity of Southern California, USAMay 2014 | £53.99Paperback | 9781464138744

UNDERSTANDING EARTHSeventh Edition

Kortz and Smay bring their lecture tutorial approach (Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Geoscience) to this easy-to-implement resource for any introductory earth science course. The brief activities get students involved in the practical application of earth science concepts, while helping them navigate common pitfalls and misconceptions.

Karen KortzCommunity College of Rhode Island, USAJessica SmaySan Jose City College, USAJune 2014 | £26.99Paperback | 9781464123535

featuresActive LearningThe 70 Lecture Tutorials are designed to follow up a brief lecture or introduction of a topic, and are well-suited to small-group work where students are actively involved and collaboratively teaching and learning from one another.

Questions Progress in DifficultyActivities begin with easy-to-follow art and questions to help students identify what they do and do not know, then focus on underdeveloped or misunderstood concepts, slowly stepping students through the process to more difficult questions.

Student 1 vs. Student 2 DebatesThis feature takes a unique approach to address misconceptions, with one student expressing a common misconception and the other expressing the scientific perspective. Students are required to think about their own potential misconceptions by answering student debates.

Flexible FormatLecture Tutorials fit right in with other interactive teaching methods and can be used in lecture or lab with any text.

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iN the New editioNNew Co-author, John A. LuczajProfessor Luczaj teaches a variety of courses at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, USA, including the Geologic Evolution of the Earth.

Updated Coverage• Chapter 3, The Diversity of Life, now includes modern picture of the general phylogeny and classification of life on Earth (i.e. Tree of Life)• Updated coverage of all major mass extinctions• The chapter on the Proterozoic history includes new content on iron formations and the Sudbury impact

Updated OrganizationTo better reflect the Geologic Time Scale, the book now covers the Neogene Age before the Quaternary Age.

Updated Art ProgrammeThis edition features over 100 new graphics and photographs

Premium Media Resources (available at the Book Companion Site)• Online Quizzes • Interactive Timeline of Earth and Life Through Time • Visual Overview Exercises • Interactive Exercises, Flashcards, and Animations • Chapter Objectives

Steven Stanley’s classic textbook remains the only book for the historical geology course written from a truly integrated earth systems perspective. The thoroughly updated new edition welcomes new co-author, John A. Luczaj.

Steven M. StanleyThe University of Hawaii at Manoa, USAJohn A. LuczajUniversity of Wisconsin–Green Bay, USAJune 2014 | £60.99Paperback | 9781429255264

EARTH SYSTEM HISTORY Fourth Edition

Emphasizing the interconnected nature of environmental geology and the multidimensional processes of the Earth, this highly anticipated new edition provides a balanced approach to environmental issues and builds student literacy with conceptual explanations, case studies, essays, and more. By far the most concise book for its course, it remains the only textbook to use an Earth systems approach to exploring how the Earth works, the human impact on the environment, and the characteristics of different natural hazards.

Dorothy Merritts, Franklin and Marshall, USAKirsten Menking, Vassar College, USAAndrew de Wet, Franklin and Marshall, USAJune 2014 | £78.99Paperback | 9781429237437

New to this editioNUp-to-Date Case StudiesThe cases in each chapter look at how environmental events affect our lives—and how scientists study those events to prepare for the future.

New! Chapter 15. Humans and the Whole Earth SystemPart of the book’s overall expanded emphasis on human impact and sustainability.

New! Earth Science and Public Policy BoxesExamples of how Earth system processes impact public policy or law include:• California’s Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act• State bans on detergent phosphates to protect aquatic ecosystems

New! Emerging Research Boxes, including:• The San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth• Studies of the amount of methane released from melting permafrost as a result of global warming of the Arctic

A Significantly Enhanced Art ProgrammeThe new edition features vividly rendered and carefully labeled diagrams of structures and processes, plus selected tables and graphs, maps, and impressive photographs.

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGYAn Earth Systems Science ApproachSecond Edition

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Written for a first course in sedimentary geology or sedimentary rocks and stratigraphy (with only an introductory geology/physical geology course as a prerequisite), Prothero and Schwab’s acclaimed text shows students how sedimentary strata serves geologists as a continuous record of Earth’s history. The authors’ conversational style limits the use of jargon, and focuses on the important concepts that make the book highly accessible to an undergraduate audience.

New to this editioNUpdated CoverageThe new edition is revised throughout with the latest research, especially in the areas of petroleum geology and chemostratigraphy.

New Topics The new edition introduces students to a number of emerging topics, including:• glacial sedimentation• the role of meteorite impacts on sedimentation• the long-term secular greenhouse and icehouse states of our evolving planet

Donald R. ProtheroOccidental College, USAFred SchwabWashington and Lee University, Emeritus, USAMarch 2014 | £49.99Hardback | 9781429231558

In this new textbook, Bierman and Montgomery draw from the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics to help students get a basic understanding of Earth surface processes and the evolution of topography over short and long timescales. The authors also show how scientists use geomorphological research to tackle critical societal issues (natural disaster response, safer infrastructure, protecting species, and more).

Paul R. BiermanUniversity of Vermont, USADavid R. MontgomeryUniversity of Washington, USAMarch 2014 | £42.99Paperback | 9781429238601

Exceptionally Concise andCommunity VettedEach chapter focuses on key concepts and underlying principles rather than regional or local examples. The book’s philosophy emerged from a National Academy of Sciences workshop on the future of the textbook and the table of contents was determined by a group of over 50 geomorphologists at a National Science Foundation-sponsored retreat.

Consistent Chapter ThemesEach chapter focuses on a consistent structure of themes, including mass transport, energy transfer, and explicit linkages between the processes that shape Earth’s surface and the landforms and deposits those processes leave behind.

Student Support ThroughoutEach Chapter• An Outline gives students a pathway of key ideas for the chapter

• Digging Deeper poses a key question to explore• A Worked Problem for each chapter• A Knowledge Assessment for self- evaluation, review, and test prep• Suggested readings, including classic, recent peer-reviewed papers, and reference texts

Instructor Media Web-Based Vignettesinstructors can access this archive of hundreds of peer-reviewed examples of geomorphology worldwide for extra coverage of events and topics.http://serc.carleton.edu/vignettes

Imaging Earth’s SurfaceThousands of images for classroom use, drawn from the authors’ archives, public-domain sources and donations from geomorphologists around the world.www.uvm.edu/~geomorph/gallery/

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SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY An Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks and StratigraphyThird Edition

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Donald R. ProtheroOccidental College, USAFred SchwabWashington and Lee University, Emeritus, USAMarch 2014 | £49.99Hardback | 9781429231558

It’s a question that has engaged climate scientists for more than a decade: Not if human activity impacts the environment, but when did that impact start to be significant? Was it in the mid-19th century, as long believed, with the Industrial Revolution producing huge amounts of greenhouse gas emissions? Or did it actually begin thousands of years earlier, as a result of the discovery and spread of agricultural practices?

In this brief readable text, Willliam Ruddiman gets to the heart of one of today’s most vigorous scientific debates. Starting with compelling evidence of mysterious concentrations of greenhouse gases dating back to the Ice Age, Ruddiman shows how the scientific community is on the verge of a dramatic new way of thinking about the relationship between the earth’s climate and its human inhabitants.

This concise, interdisciplinary text can be used as a textbook or a supplement in climate change, earth and environmental science, environmental law/policy, biology, archeology, ecology, and geography courses.

William F. RuddimanUniversity of Virginia, USA

March 2014 | £24.99Paperback | 9781464107764

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EARTH TRANSFORMED

At a time when the evidence is stronger than ever that human activity is the primary cause for global climate change, William Ruddiman’s breakthrough text returns in a thoroughly updated new edition. It offers a clear, engaging, objective portrait of the current state of climate science, including compelling recent findings on anthropogenic global warming and important advances in understanding past climates.

This book explores climatic responses of Earth’s majors systems (ice, water, air, vegetation, and land) as they developed throughout history, with step-by-step explanations that are accessible to students from a variety of disciplines.

William Ruddiman is recognized in the science community as one of a select group of researcher/teachers with the interdisciplinary qualifications to write an authoritative textbook on Earth’s climate systems.

William F. RuddimanUniversity of Virginia, USA

December 2013 | £76.99Paperback | 9781429255257

New to this editioNNew! Chapter 2. Earth’s ClimateSystem TodayThe chapter gives students a valuable foundation for understanding the basic operation of the climate systems. Formerly available only online, this chapter has been integrated into the main text.

Important Recent AdvancesThe new edition discusses a wide range of new research throughout, including the latest on:• Cyclic orbital-scale changes in ice sheet size• Millennial-scale changes in climate• Responses of components of the climate system to global warming

Updated Research and DataThe new edition evaluates proposed hypotheses against a range of data and other methods, including experiments with climate models while developing students’ problem-solving skills.

EARTH’S CLIMATE Past and FutureThird Edition

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INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY/PHYSICAL GEOLOGYNew! Understanding Earth,Seventh EditionJohn P. Grotzinger and Thomas H. Jordan

New! Lecture Tutorials in Earth ScienceKaren Kortz and Jessica Smay

The Essential Earth, Second EditionThomas H. Jordan and John P. Grotzinger

HISTORICAL GEOLOGyNew! Earth System History, Fourth EditionSteven M. Stanley and John A. Luczaj

EnVIROnMEnTAL GEOLOGyNew! Environmental Geology, Second EditionDorothy, Merritts, Kirsten Menking, and Andrew de Wet

SEdIMEnTARy GEOLOGy/STRATIGRAPHyNew! Sedimentary Geology, Third EditionDonald R. Prothero and Fred Schwab

GEOMORPHOLOGyNew! Key Concepts in GeomorphologyPaul R. Bierman and David R. Montgomery

CLIMATE CHAnGE/PALEOCLIMATOLOGyNew! Earth’s Climate: Past and Future, Third EditionWilliam F. Ruddiman

New! Earth TransformedWilliam F. Ruddiman

nATURAL dISASTERS/HAZARdSEarthquakes: 2006 Centennial UpdateBruce Bolt

Volcanoes, Fourth EditionRobert Decker and Barbara Decker

OCEAnOGRAPHyLaboratory Exercises in Oceanography,Third EditionBernard F. Pipkin, et al.

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Introduction to Marine ScienceDavid W. TownsendPublished by Sinauer Associates, Inc.

PALEOnTOLOGyPrinciples of Paleontology,Third EditionMichael Foote and Arnold Miller

PETROLOGyPetrology: Igneous, Sedimentary,and Metamorphic, Third EditionHarvey Blatt, Robert Tracey and Brent Owens

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