Description
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and exciting new text covers all of the syllabus requirements of the NSW Board of Studies HSC course in Earth and Environmental Science. Featuring global, Australian and NSW contexts it provides extensive coverage of core and elective topics and contains up-to-date information.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Acknowledgements; Part I. Tectonic Impacts: 1. Tectonic plates; 2. Mountain building; 3. How continents evolve; 4. Natural disasters and tectonics; 5. Climate and tectonics; Part II. Environments through Time: 6. The ages of the Earth; 7. Fossils and evolution; 8. Important events of the Archaen and Early Proterozoic; 9. Important events of the Late Proterozoic and Phanerozoic; 10. Life moves into the terrestrial environment; 11. Decimation and regeneration of the Earth's life; Part III. Caring for the Country: 12. Weathering and erosion of Australia's land surfaces; 13. Salinity of soils and water; 14. Pesticides - effects and alternatives; 15. Maintaining and protecting surface water; 16. The impact of the industrial revolution on the atmosphere and hydrosphere; 17. Waste management and mine-site rehabilitation; Part IV. Introduced Species and the Australian Environment: 18. Survey of introduced species in Australia; 19. Environmental impacts of introduced species; 20. Introduced species case studies; 21. Rehabilitating ecosystems damaged by introduced species; 22. Modern quarantine methods; Part V. Organic Geology - A Non-Renewable Resource: 23. The properties of fossil fuels; 24. Environments and processes of fossil fuel formation; 25. Exploration methods for coal and oil; 26. The processing and uses of fossil fuels; 27. The effects of fossil fuels on the environment; 28. The search for alternative sources of energy; Part VI. Mining and the Australian Environment: 29. Why mineral deposits are not all ore deposits; 30. Mineral exploration; 31. From discovery to export, 6.4 Mining society and the law; 32. Mining and the environment; Part VII. Oceanography: 33. Collecting data about the oceans; 34. The world's oceans; 35. Mass motion of the oceans; 36. Life in the oceans; 37. Hydrothermal vents and their communities; 38. Deep-sea sediments; Resources; Index.
