Two volumes from Salem's series, Earth Science, Physics & Chemistry of the Earth is a detailed look at the dynamics of the earth's mass and how its chemistry produces change. And the full content of the set is available online, free. This two-volume set's scope is broad. For instance, the set goes beyond the basics of climate change to explore many underlying factors surrounding the issue, including geothermometry and geobarometry, glacial events, and mass extinction theories. The set also explores earthquakes, their engineering, hazards, predictability, and the role of fault and mantle...

Two volumes from Salem's series, Earth Science, Earth's Surface & History explores the land masses and seas of the world. And the full content of the set is available online, free. This two-volume set describes mountain ranges, the oceans, continental movement, and a wide variety of features that have influenced life on earth. Detailed explorations of the evolution of dinosaurs, fish, birds, plant life and humans, as they were influenced by the earth's surface, fill this set. Fantastic disruptions, from Mount St. Helens to the ice ages are woven into the story of how the earth influences...

Designed to meet the needs of students in Earth science at the high school and undergraduate levels, these eight volumes represent a revised and heavily updated edition of Salem Press's five-volume Earth Science of 2001. Now more than ten years later, the updated edition will provide students with clearly explained information on the most important and widely discussed issues relating to Earth science. The eight volumes are divided into four subsets that address the major subdisciplines of Earth science: Earth's Surface and History (two vols., edited by David K. Elliott), Earth's Materials...