A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
by Allaby, Ailsa; Allaby, MichaelEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-09-16
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
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. Over 6,000 entries New material on planetary science, remote sensing, statistics, and sequence stratigraphy Substantial updating in mineralogy and geophysics Exceptionally broad coverage also includes climatology, economic geology, geochemistry, oceanography, palaeontology, petrology, and volcanology New section of appendices includes wind strength scales; material, temporal, and chronostratigraphic units; and geologic, lunar, and Martian time scales
Author Biography
Ailsa Allaby is a writer, editor, and contributor to The Oxford Dictionary of Natural History
Michael Allaby is a well-known writer on science and the environment. He is General Editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Natural History
Table of Contents
| Contributors and Advisers | xi | ||||
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1 | (599) | |||
| APPENDIX A: Stratigraphic Units as Defined in the North American Stratigraphic Code, 1983 | 600 | (2) | |||
| APPENDIX B: Time-Scales | 602 | (3) | |||
| APPENDIX C: Wind Strength | 605 | (2) | |||
| APPENDIX D: SI Units, Conversions, and Multiples | 607 | (2) | |||
| Bibliography | 609 |
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