For courses for non-majors in physical geology.

Building on the tremendous reception to its parent text, Earth 6/e, the same groundbreaking media package is now integrated into the brief version of the best-selling introductory physical geology text. The GEODe II CD-ROM (included with every copy of the text), a text-dedicated website, and more provide complete, state-of-the-art multimedia support for both students and instructors. Essentials of Geology, 7/e retains the hallmarks professors have come to expect from Tarbuck and Lutgens' student friendly writing style, carefully crafted illustrations by Dennis Tasa that are both geologically accurate and visually appealing, and updated coverage of the most recent geologic events.


FEATURES

• NEW—The content is thoroughly updated—Highlighting recent geologic events and such as the Pathfinder Mission to Mars, the volcanic crisis on Montserrat, the 1997 Red River Floods, and new information on the extinction of the dinosaurs.
• Students are further engaged by tying their studies to what they see on the news and read about in the newspaper and on the web.
• NEW—GEODe II—The groundbreaking CD-ROM from the same author team as the text, is included with every copy at no additional charge to the students and truly integrated into the text itself.
• GEODe II, developed by Dennis Tasa in collaboration with Fred Lutgens and Ed Tarbuck, is a highly interactive, multimedia learning experience for beginning geology students, providing exercises and activities that allow students to examine, review, and test themselves on the important concepts. The excellent animations, illustrations, photographs, and textual explanations were produced by the same author team that wrote the accompanying text, resulting in unparalleled consistency between the text and CD-ROM. Integrated throughout the text are GEODe II icons, directing students to the specific location on the CD-ROM where they will find the corresponding topic. The instructor's manual includes suggestions and hints for effectively integrating GEODe II into the course. GEODe II is dual-platform, features optional narration, and 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.
• NEW—A dedicated, text-specific website—www.prenhall.com/lutgens
• Designed as an on-line study guide, this site is tied chapter-by-chapter to the text to serve as chapter review and a launching pad for exploring geology on the web. Answers to both the short answer and critical thinking essays can be e-mailed to instructors for grading. Chapter-specific links to some of the most interesting and relevant geoscience sites on the web, researched and annotated by a geology instructor, provide students a head start for research projects or simply exploring on their own.
• NEW—Presentation Manager 3.0—The CD-ROM-based multimedia lecture presentation tool for instructors.
• This user-friendly presentation manager enables instructors to custom build multimedia lectures. This dual-platform CD-ROM includes hundreds of images from the text—including many of the photographs and all the Tasa art-and 60 animations from GEODe II. Presentation Manager allows instructors to quickly and efficiently: organize items by chapter or topic; preview the images and their accompanying captions and notes; integrate their own material from their hard drive, network or the Web; launch Web sites; print student notes; and more. Presentation Manager is fully compatible with PowerPoint and other graphics software.
• Carefully crafted illustrations by Dennis Tasa that are geologically accurate and visually appealing—Dennis' methods remain at the leading edge of geologic illustration and the illustrations in each edition keep getting better and better. Every piece of art in this edition was reviewed for accuracy and clarity and many were updated and improved.
• Clear and useful art is one of the most important learning devices for students at this level. Dennis Tasa is considered one of, if not THE leading geologic illustrator.
• Student-friendly writing style—Presents the material in a straightforward, non-technical style, with frequent headings and sub-headings.
• Aids students new to the subject in following discussions, identifying the important points in each chapter, and comprehending the larger ideas.