Download or read book Environmental Geology written by Dorothy Merritts and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emphasizing the interconnected nature of environmental geology and the multidimensional processes of the Earth, this highly anticipated new edition of Merritt's classic text provides a balanced approach to environmental issues and builds an informed student understanding with case studies, conceptual explanations, and relevant presentation of material. By far the most concise book for its course, it remains the only textbook to use an earth systems approach to exploring how the Earth works, the human impact on the environment, and the characteristics of different natural hazards.