Rocks: A Very Short Introduction

Rocks are crucial constituents of our lives, not only making the solid ground beneath our feet, but breaking up into the soil that feeds our crops, and providing the metal ores and other materials vital for civilization. This Very Short Introduction introduces the structure and diversity of rocks on Earth, in outer space, and on other planets.

• | By (Author): Jan (Senior Lecturer In Geology, Leicester University) Zalasiewicz
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 08, 2016
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0198725191
• | ISBN-13: 9780198725190