Earth Science (Tarbuck)

Key differences between 14th and 13th editions

• Time lapse between current and previous publications: 3 years (2014 vs 2011).
• Tarbuck/Lutgens/Tasa's Earth Science book was first published in 1976.
• The 14th edition includes more than 100 of new SmartFigures. You can use a mobile device to scan the Quick Response (QR) code next to a SmartFigure, and the art comes alive.
• Chapters begin with Focus on Concepts.
• New Concepts in Review end-of-chapter features, coordinated with the Focus on Concepts at the beginning of the chapter.
• New topics in the 14th edition by chapter:
• Chapter 1: Two Geo Graphics features: "World Population Passes 7 Billion" and "Solar System: Size and Scale"
• Chapter 2: Two Geo Graphics features: "Gold" and "Gemstones"
• Chapter 3:Geo Graphics features: "Marble"
• Chapter 4: Three Geo Graphics features: "Some Everyday Examples of Weathering", "The Old Man of the Mountain", and "Landslides as Natural Disasters"
• Chapter 5: Two Geo Graphics features: "What Are the Largest Rivers?" and "Flash Floods"
• Chapter 6: Geo Graphics feature: "Antarctica Fact File"
• Chapter 7:
• Two Geo Graphics features: ""
• New section "How Do Plates and Plate Boundaries Change?"
• Chapter 8:
• Three Geo Graphics features: "Finding the Epicenter of an Earthquake", "Historic Earthquakes East of the Rockies", and "Seismic Risks On The San Andreas Fault System"
• New section "Earth's Layers" covers crust, mantle, and core.
• Chapter 9: Three Geo Graphics features: "Comparison of Three Types of Volcanic Cones", "Kilauea's East Rift Zone Eruption Cinder Cones" and "Eruption Of Mount Vesuvius, Ad 79"
• Chapter 10:
• Geo Graphics feature: "The Laramide Rockies"
• Discussion on "Sierra Nevada, Coast Ranges, and Great Valley"
• Chapter 11: Two Geo Graphics features: "How is Paleontology Different from Archaeology?" and "Did Humans and Dinosaurs Ever Coexist?"
• Chapter 12: Two Geo Graphics features: "Evolution of Life Through Geologic Time" and "Demise of the Dinosaurs"
• Chapter 13: Geo Graphics feature: "Explaining Coral Atolls: Darwin's Hypothesis"
• Chapter 14: Geo Graphics feature: "Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents"
• Chapter 15: Geo Graphics feature: "A Brief Tour Of America's Coasts"
• Chapter 16:
• Geo Graphics feature: "Acid Precipitation"
• Discussion on Carbon Dioxide
• Chapter 17: Geo Graphics feature: "Our Water Supply"
• Chapter 18:
• Geo Graphics feature: "The 1930s Dust Bowl"
• Discussion on Visualizing Air Pressure
• Chapter 19: Geo Graphics feature: "Hurricane Katrina from Space"
• Chapter 20: Geo Graphics feature: "Greenhouse Gas Emissions"
• Chapter 21: Geo Graphics feature: "Orion the Hunter"
• Chapter 22: Geo Graphics: "Mars Exploration"
• Chapter 23: Geo Graphics feature: "Hubble Space Telescope"
• Chapter 24: Geo Graphics feature: "The Milky Way"