Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology (8th Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Agi/nagt American Geological Institute, Edward M. Tarbuck, Richard M. Busch
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 122969
Media: Spiral-bound
Edition: 8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 9.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0136007716
Dewey Decimal Number: 551
EAN: 9780136007715
ASIN: 0136007716
Publication Date: January 7, 2008
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Product Description
Revised throughout for enhanced clarity and accuracy – and with a greater emphasis on the process of science – this user-friendly, best-selling laboratory manual examines the basic principles of geology and their applications to everyday life. Students are encouraged to view these principles in terms of natural resources, natural hazards, and human risks. This trusted resource features contributions from highly regarded geologists and geoscience educators, with an exceptional illustration program by Dennis Tasa.
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 the title is kind of lying September 19, 2008
I bought this book for my Geol 110 class at the University of Maryland in College Park. It's completely unlike every other lab manual I've used in college. It does not directly relate to the lab project, its more like a textbook or information packet to prepare you for the concepts you'll cover in lab. It has glossy pages instead of the usual paper so I'm discouraged from writing notes and lab findings in it. I feel like we probably could have gotten this information out of our normal textbook rather than buying a separate lab manual.
 Missing a page September 19, 2008
The book was in great condition, but for the fact that it's missing the page with cutout tools towards the back (an important page to be missing).
 excellent timing September 9, 2008
i ordered the book less than two weeks before school started. and it arrived with plenty of time for me to begin paging through it. it is in excellent condition, unused and very modestly priced.
Thank you July 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was concerned because this book was used & included a CD. It was in very good shape and the CD was unopened. Thank you!
 Terrible lab manual February 24, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I inherited this lab manual when I started teaching physical geology this semester, and I told my students to return it to the bookstore. It contains factual errors (such as referring to hornblende and other non-metallic minerals as metallic, which they are not - metallic minerals are opaque in thin section), and the pedagogy is highly questionable. In the rock and mineral sections, it relies too heavily on photographs. Students already have a tendency to want to simply match minerals and rocks to pictures, which doesn't work, and this book encourages this. The book is too much talk and not enough action. Students in a lab should be guided to work with objects, not to simply answer questions out of a book. There is too much explanation provided, with little left for students to figure out on their own. Labs should be presented to students as mysteries to be solved, and this book takes all the mystery out of everything.
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