This is the most authoritative and wide-ranging dictionary of earth sciences available in a single volume. Compiled with the help of a team of specialist contributors, it has been substantially revised and updated for this new edition. It is essential reference for all students of the subject, especially those on interdisciplinary courses. The 6,000 entries provide broad coverage of climatology, economic geology, geochemistry, oceanography, petrology, and volcanology. There are entries on planetary science, remote sensing, statistics, and sequence stratigraphy, and substantial updating in palaeontology, mineralogy, and geophysics. A useful section of appendices includes wind strengths and time scales.
| ISBN | 0198607601 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780198607601
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 473 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Series title | Oxford Paperback Reference | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780192800794 | | Publication date | 24 Jul 2003 | | Height (mm) | 196 | | Library of Congress | QE5 | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 550.3 | | Spine width (mm) | 33 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 640 | |
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CONTRIBUTORS AND ADVISORS; DICTIONARY; Stratigraphic Units as Defined in the North American Stratigraphic Code, 1983; Time-Scales; Wind Strength; SI Units, Conversions, and Multiples; Bibliography
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