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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences (Oxford Paperback Reference)
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by:
Allaby, Ailsa
Allaby, Michael
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Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Published: August 1, 1999
ISBN: 0192800795
Format:Paperback
Pages:619
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Book Description
From Book News, Inc.
This second edition of a reference for students and general readers is updated to reflect changes in the field over the past 13 years, with new material on remote sensing, sequence stratigraphy, planetary exploration, and
geophysics, among other topics. The dictionary contains some 6,000 brief entries encompassing climatology, economic geology, geochemistry, oceanography, petrology, and volcanology. Some bandw drawings are included, as well as appendices on units and
time-scales. The authors have written numerous natural history, environment, and weather references for general use.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR--This text refers to the
Paperback edition.
Product Description:
Oxford's
fully revised and updated Dictionary of Earth Sciences, Second Edition, provides over 6,000 entries, making it the most authoritative and wide-ranging dictionary of earth sciences available in a single volume. The dictionary's exceptionally broad
coverage includes climatology, economic geology, geochemistry, oceanography, palaeontology, petrology, and volcanology.
This second edition offers new material on planetary science, remote sensing, statistics, and sequence stratigraphy; plus
substantial updating in mineralogy and geophysics. A new section of appendices includes wind strength scales; material, temporal, and chronostratigraphic units; and geologic, lunar, and Martian time scales. The Dictionary of Earth Sciences, Second
Edition is an essential reference for all students of the subject, especially those in interdisciplinary courses.
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