The encyclopedia of the solid earth sciences

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The encyclopedia of the solid earth sciences

editor-in-chief Philip Kearey ; subject editors P.A. Allen ... [et al.]

Blackwell Scietific Publications, 1993

  • : pbk.

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Volume

ISBN 9780632025770

Description

This text provides a reference for all subdisciplines of the earth sciences. Subjects can be accessed in varying levels of detail - the longer entries provide general overviews and the short entries provide specific details in more specialized areas. Thus, there is a general section on seismology, and 25 further entries which consider more specifically topics such as seismic creep, seismic head wave, seismic refraction and so on. The encyclopaedia covers geophysics, palaeontology and stratigraphy, mineralogy, geochemistry, vulcanology and magnetism, igneous and metamorphic rocks, sedimentology, geomorphology and environmental geology, structural geology, and economic geology. In addition smaller subjects such as the history of geology, mapping, archaeological geology and mathematical geology are covered in separate essays. In total there are 2752 cross-referenced entries. Each keyword is accompanied by synonyms if there is more than one common term for it, and all keywords appear in the index which contains 7979 entries.

Table of Contents

  • List of Contributors
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • SI,cgs and Imperial (Customary US) Units and Conversion Factors
  • The Encyclopaedia of the Solid Earth Sciences
  • Index.
Volume

: pbk. ISBN 9780632036998

Description

From AMETHYST to ARTESIAN SPRING, from COAL GAS to CONTINENTAL DRIFT, from

Table of Contents

List of Contributors Preface Introduction SI,cgs and Imperial (Customary US) Units and Conversion Factors The Encyclopedia of the Solid Earth Sciences Index

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  • NCID
    BA19698861
  • ISBN
    • 0632025778
    • 0632036990
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford ; London
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 713 p.
  • Size
    29 cm
  • Classification
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