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For courses in Physical Geology. An all-new, groundbreaking media package brings to life the latest edition of the best-selling Earth by Ed Tarbuck and Fred Lutgens. A text-dedicated website, new GEODe II CD-ROM (included with every copy of the text!), and more provide complete, state-of-the-art multimedia support for both students and instructors. Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, Sixth Edition retains the hallmarks professors have come to expect from Tarbuck and Lutgens-a student-friendly writing style, carefully crafted illustrations by Dennis Tasa that are geologically accurate and visually appealing, and coverage of the most recent geologic events. Salient Features NEW - Available for the first time in paperback format. NEW - 15 Special Interest Boxes are new to this edition.Some highlight people -professional geologists and what they do, as well as contributions by some historical figures. Others focus on recent geologic events , such as the 1997 Red River floods, the volcanic crisis on Montserrat, and the Pathfinder Mission to Mars. Additional boxes on environmental concerns , including debris-flow hazards and groundwater mining are also new to the Sixth Edition. These engaging boxes provide students with a real-world context to apply the material they are learning. NEW - State-of-the-art multimedia instructional package for instructors and students including: GEODe II, developed by Dennis Tasa in collaboration with Ed Tarbuck and Fred Lutgens, is a highly interactive learning experience for beginning geology students. This dual platform CD-ROM provides exercises and activities that allow students to examine and review important concepts. Excellent animations, illustrations, and photographs accompany explanations to make this an especially effective learning tool. GEODe II covers all the fundamental topics including the rock cycle, hydrologic cycle, erosional forces, mountain building, plate tectonics, geologic time, deserts and winds, and crustal deformation. Presentation Manager 3.0 -This user-friendly presentation manager enables you to custom build multimedia lectures. This dual platform CD-ROM includes hundreds of images from Tarbuck and Lutgens' text, as well as bonus animations. Presentation Manager 3.0 allows you to organize items, preview resources by chapter, search the digital library by keyword, and integrate media from your hard drive, a network, or the Internet. Tarbuck and Lutgens Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/tarbuck). Designed as an on-line study guide, this site is tied chapter-by-chapter to the text to serve as chapter review and as a launching pad for further exploration. Answers to both the short answer and critical-thinking essays can be e-mailed to instructors for grading. The Tarbuck web site also contains chapter-specific links to relevant geoscience site in the Internet to encourage student exploration. Also available for WebCT environments. Geosciences on the Internet: A Student's Guide. This unique resource helps students locate and explore myriad geoscience resources on the World Wide Web. It also provides an overview of the Web, general navigational strategies, and brief student activities. New York Times, Themes of the Times -The Changing Earth. Show your students how dynamic geology really is! This newspaper-format supplement captures late-breaking geologic news for your students with recent articles from the New York Times. Carefully-crafted illustrations by Dennis Tasa that are geologically accurate and visually appealing. The illustrations in each edition keep getting better and better. More than 150 new pieces of art were added or redesigned. The new art illustrates ideas and concepts more clearly and realistically than ever before. Aids students' understanding, adds realism, and heightens interest. Student-friendly writing style presents material in a straightforward. non-technical style, with frequent headings and sub-headings. Helps students follow discussions and identify the important ideas presented in each chapter. Current up-to-date coverage of geologic events. Provides students with an informative and timely text. New to this Edition Available for the first time in paperback format. 15 Special Interest Boxes are new to this edition.Some highlight people -professional geologists and what they do, as well as contributions by some historical figures. Others focus on recent geologic events , such as the 1997 Red River floods, the volcanic crisis on Montserrat, and the Pathfinder Mission to Mars. Additional boxes on environmental concerns , including debris-flow hazards and groundwater mining are also new to the Sixth Edition. These engaging boxes provide students with a real-world context to apply the material they are learning. State-of-the-art multimedia instructional package for instructors and students including: GEODe II, developed by Dennis Tasa in collaboration with Ed Tarbuck and Fred Lutgens, is a highly interactive learning experience for beginning geology students. This dual platform CD-ROM provides exercises and activities that allow students to examine and review important concepts. Excellent animations, illustrations, and photographs accompany explanations to make this an especially effective learning tool. GEODe II covers all the fundamental topics including the rock cycle, hydrologic cycle, erosional forces, mountain building, plate tectonics, geologic time, deserts and winds, and crustal deformation. Presentation Manager 3.0 -This user-friendly presentation manager enables you to custom build multimedia lectures. This dual platform CD-ROM includes hundreds of images from Tarbuck and Lutgens' text, as well as bonus animations. Presentation Manager 3.0 allows you to organize items, preview resources by chapter, search the digital library by keyword, and integrate media from your hard drive, a network, or the Internet. Tarbuck and Lutgens Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/tarbuck). Designed as an on-line study guide, this site is tied chapter-by-chapter to the text to serve as chapter review and as a launching pad for further exploration. Answers to both the short answer and critical-thinking essays can be e-mailed to instructors for grading. The Tarbuck web site also contains chapter-specific links to relevant geoscience site in the Internet to encourage student exploration. Also available for WebCT environments. Geosciences on the Internet: A Student's Guide. This unique resource helps students locate and explore myriad geoscience resources on the World Wide Web. It also provides an overview of the Web, general navigational strategies, and brief student activities. New York Times, Themes of the Times -The Changing Earth. Show your students how dynamic geology really is! This newspaper-format supplement captures late-breaking geologic news for your students with recent articles from the New York Times.