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The book is based on the author’s impressions of her numerous expeditions in the many countries. It is a fascinating narrative rather than a mere record of facts irrespective of how scientifically valid they can be. The book is bound to be appreciated as a piece of absorbing reading by anyone who cares to increase the scope of his or her competence about our sweet home of a planet that must be saved from destruction at all costs. Ekaterina Radkevich, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, is one of the most distinguished geologists whose works are well known in her own country and in many other parts of the world. The overwhelming success of her publications is chiefly due to her indefatigable practical activity in the USSR and elsewhere and her unflagging interest in theoretical research which she has been conducting for quite some time at the Institute of Geological Studies in the Far East (Viadivostok). Note: This book was the last remaining volume in the Science for Everyone Series! This completes volume the SFE series in English. Many, many thanks to a patron who purchased and posted this book to us to complete  this series. Much appreciated help! You can get the book here and here Follow us on Twitter https://x.com/MirTitles Mastadon https://mastodon.social/@mirtitles Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/mirtitles.bsky.social Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/mirtitles Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/mir-titles Fork us on gitlab https://gitlab.com/mirtitles

Contents How I Became a Geologist (In Lieu of a Preface) 7 Part I. The Earth in the Universe 20 Chapter 1. The Earth as a Cosmic Body 20 Chapter 2. The Planet Earth 29 Chapter 3. The Deep-seated Structure of the Earth 38 Chapter 4. The Development of Views on the Origin of Earth and Other Planets of the Solar System 47 Part II. The History of the Development of the Earth 58 Chapter 5. The Dawn 58 Chapter 6. Life: The Earth’s Chronicle 70 Part III. Geology Everywhere 100 Chapter 7.

The Work of the Wind 102 Chapter 8. The Role of Water in the Transformation of Our Planet 113 Chapter 9. The Activity of Subterranean Forces 127 Part IV. The Composition of the Earth’s Crust 147 Chapter 10. Sedimentary Rocks 147 Chapter 11. Magmatic (Igneous) Rocks 159 Chapter 12. Metamorphic Rocks 185 Part V. The Movements of the Earth’s Crust 202 Chapter 13. Mountains: Old and Young 203 Chapter 14. The Deformation of Rocks 208 Chapter 15. Fixism vs. Mobilism 216 Part VI. Mineral Resources 236 Chapter 16. The Mineral Kingdom 236 Chapter 17. Mineral Raw Materials and Technical Progress 258 Chapter 18. The Future of Mineral Raw Resources 280 Chapter 19. How Ores Are Formed 286 Chapter 20. The Science of Metallogeny 308 Chapter 21. In Quest of Ores 328 Chapter 22. At the Metallogenic Map of the Pacific Belt 338 Chapter 23. Mineral Resources of the Seas and the Underwater Storerooms of Mineral Raw Materials 349 Chapter 24. Save Our Earth! 361 To End on a Poetic Note 367