Addison-Wesley                      EARTH SCIENCE

   

   Chapter 9        The Earth Changing Surface

   

   Section 1         Weathering

   Physical weathering      425                

   Chemical weathering  426

   Mixed weathering   428

   Rates of weathering   429

   From rock to soil   431

   Section 2         Erosion

                           Erosion by running water   438

                           The formation of a river valley   441

                           Erosion by glaciers   443

                           Erosion by more than one agent   445

                           Controlling erosion   447

   Section 3         Deposition

                           Deposition by running water   454

   Stream erosion and deposition   457

   Deposition by wind   459

   Deposition by glaciers   461

   

   

   Chapter 10      The Restless Crust

   

   Section 1         Volcanoes

   The power of a major volcanic eruption   471

                           Why some eruptions are so violent   475

                           Volcanic landforms   477

                           Where volcanoes occur   480

   Section 2         Stress, Structure and Earthquakes

                           Rocks under stress   485

                           Movement along a fault   489

                           What is an earthquake?   494

                           Earthquake damage   497

   Section 3         Plate tectonics

                           The interior of the earth   502

                           The theory of continental drift   504

                           The theory of plate tectonics   508

                           Pangaea   511