A Dictionary of Earth Sciences (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by Michael Allaby (Author)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.25

  This leading dictionary - now in its third edition - offers wide-ranging and authoritative coverage of the earth sciences and related topics in 6,250+ clear and accessible entries. Coverage includes geology, oceanography, paleontology, minerology, volcanology, and planetary science as well as climatology, geochemistry, and petrology. It is an essential reference for students of geography, geology, and earth sciences and in related disciplines. The third edition is fully updated and includes additional coverage of process geomorphology and physical geography, plus more than 50 new line drawings to accompany descriptions of forms and processes. A new feature is an appendix of recommended web links updated on the Dictionary of Earth Sciences companion website. Additional appendices include a revised geological time scale, an updated bibliography, stratigraphic units, lunar and Martian time scales, wind-strength scales, and SI units.

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  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  This wide-ranging dictionary of earth sciences has been compiled with the help of a team of specialist contributors, and has been substantially revised and updated for this new edition. It is intended as a reference for all students of the subject, especially those on interdisciplinary courses. The volume contains over 6000 entries, with new material on planetary science, remote sensing, statistics, and sequence stratigraphy. There is also substantial updating in mineralogy and geophysics, and coverage includes climatology, economic geology, geochemistry, oceanography, palaeontology, petrology and volcanology. An added section of appendices includes wind strength scales; material, temporal and chronostratigraphic units; and geologic, lunar and Martian time scales The book is intended for students of Earth sciences, geology, geography, meteorology and other related disciplines, and amateur geologists.