Description
Table of Contents
1. | Interior of the Earth | 1 |
2. | Earthquakes | 4 |
3. | Volcanoes | 9 |
4. | Endogenic Process | 15 |
5. | Origin of Continents and Ocean Basins | 18 |
6. | Minerals and Rocks | 24 |
7. | Weathering and Mass Movement | 29 |
8. | Soils | 37 |
9. | Fluvial Processes and Landforms | 46 |
10. | Karst Processes and Landforms | 58 |
11. | Coastal Processes and Landforms | 60 |
12. | Aeolian Processes and Landforms | 64 |
13. | Glacial Processes and Landforms | 67 |
14. | Ocean Reliefs | 72 |
15. | Physical Properties of Oceans | 74 |
16. | Oceanic Currents | 78 |
17. | Waves, Tides and Tsunami | 84 |
18. | The Cryosphere | 88 |
19. | Atmosphere Composition and Structure | 99 |
20. | Air Temperature | 104 |
21. | Insolation And Heat Budget of the Earth | 111 |
22. | Humidity and Precipitation | 115 |
23. | Air Pressure and Winds | 124 |
24. | Air Mass, Fronts and Cyclones | 136 |
25. | World Climate | 145 |
26. | Asia | 156 |
27. | Africa | 164 |
28. | North America | 169 |
29. | South America | 175 |
30. | Europe | 178 |
31. | Australia | 182 |