Interpreting Earth History: A Manual in Historical Geology (9th Edition)

• Author: Scott Ritter and Morris S. Petersen
• Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
• Publication Date: February 1, 2023
• ISBN-10: 147864897X
• ISBN-13: 978-1478648970
• Edition: 9th

Historical geology courses require clear, practical examinations of pertinent concepts and procedures. Interpreting Earth History provides full-color, stand-alone exercises that identify and augment the critical features that make the identification of geologic formations possible. The Ninth Edition continues a legacy of exceptional coverage, providing the flexibility and scope necessary to engage students with geological data from a variety of sources and scales to explain geological patterns.

Through the use of this manual, students will become more proficient in their ability to see and recognize geological patterns as well as the compositional and textural attributes of rocks and fossils. This classroom-tested laboratory resource has been thoroughly updated and now includes a specialized exercise that addresses the concept of climate change from the perspective of deep time. It is designed to help students master the skills required to interpret the physical and biological history of the Earth effectively.