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About this book
Adaptation Statement
I.a Geology and the Scientific Method
I.b How to read scientific figures and maps
Katharine Solada and K. Sean Daniels
1A.1 Earth’s Layers: Compositional and Mechanical
1A.2 Plates and Plate Boundaries
1A.3 Divergent Boundaries
1A.4 Convergent Boundaries
1A.5 Transform Boundaries
1A.6 Mechanisms for Plate Motion
Chapter 1A Summary and Key Terms Check
1B.1 What is an Earthquake?
1B.2 Where Do Earthquakes Occur?
1B.3 Seismic Waves
1B.4 Locating Earthquake Epicenters
1B.5 Magnitude and Intensity
1B.6 Earthquake Hazards
1B.7 Assessing Seismic Risk
Chapter 1B Summary and Key Terms Check
1C.1 Volcano Anatomy and Explosivity
1C.2 Volcano Types and Eruption Landforms
1C.3 Eruption Products and Hazards
1C.4 Plate Tectonics and Volcanism
1C.5 Monitoring Eruptions
1C.6 Assessing Volcanic Risk
Chapter 1C Summary and Key Term Check
2A.1 The Hydrological Cycle and Freshwater Uses
2A.2. Controls on Evaporation and Transpiration
2A.3 Crop Water Needs
2A.4 Groundwater
2A.5 Impacts of Groundwater Withdrawals for Irrigation
Chapter 2A Summary and Key Term Check
2B.1 Drainage Basins
2B.2 Controls on Erosion in Stream Systems
2B.3 Stream Features and Deposits
2B.4 Colorado River and Irrigation
2B.5 Water Diversions and Dams
Chapter 2B Summary and Key Terms Check
2C.1 Water Scarcity
2C.2 Strategies for Preventing Scarcity
2C.3 Water Quality Regulations
2C.4 Agricultural Impacts on Water Quality
2C.5 Strategies for Reducing Water Quality Impacts
Chapter 2C Summary and Key Terms Check
2D.1 Virtual Water
2D.2 Virtual Water Trade
2D.3 Water Footprint
2D.4 Water Footprint Assessment
Chapter 2D Summary and Key Terms Check
3A.1 Earth as a System
3A.2 Earth's Energy Budget
3A.3 Climate Forcing Mechanisms
3A.4 The Carbon Cycle
3A.5 Climate Feedback Loops
Chapter 3A Summary and Key Terms Check
3B.1 Overview of Earth's Climate History
3B.2 Pre-Cenozoic Ice Ages
3B.3 Early Paleogene Greenhouse
3B.4 Late Cenozoic Ice Age
3B.5 Measuring Past Climates
Chapter 3B Summary and Key Terms Check
3C.1 Overview of Energy Resources
3C.2 Steam Powered Electricity
3C.3 Water Powered Electricity
3C.4 Wind Powered Electricity
3C.5 Solar Powered Electricity
3C.6 Energy Resource Comparisons
Chapter 3C Summary and Key Terms Check
3D.1 Human Influence on the Climate
3D.2 Modeling Earth's Climate
3D.3 Modern and Projected Consequences of Climate Change
3D.4 Climate Mitigation
Chapter 3D Summary and Key Terms Check
Glossary
Acknowledgements
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