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.
| ISBN | 0199211949 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780199211944
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 484 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Series title | Oxford Paperback Reference | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780198607601 | | Publication date | 20 Mar 2008 | | Height (mm) | 196 | | Library of Congress | QE5 | | Width (mm) | 128 | | DEWEY | 550.3 | | Spine width (mm) | 38 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 672 | |
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| | | A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | | 1 |
| App. A | | Stratigraphic Units as Defined in the North American Stratigraphic Code, 1983 | | 635 |
| App. B | | Time-Scales | | 637 |
| App. C | | Wind Strength | | 642 |
| App. D | | SI Units, Conversions, and Multiples | | 644 |
| App. E | | List of useful websites | | 646 |
| | | Bibliography | | 647 |
"If there is one thing that Oxford University Press can produce better than any other publisher, it's a dictionary. This dictionary would be an important supplement to any Earth Science course or related discipline, but is also written so that someone without prior knowledge can be easily introduced to the field. A concise, informative and attractive book that attempts to cover every aspect of Earth Science for the modern world."--The Astrobiology Society of Britain
"I marvel at how the editors have compressed so much so clearly"--Nature (review for previous edition)
"Can really claim to offer comprehensive coverage of the earth sciences"--Times Educational Supplement (review for previous edition)
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