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: | 9780199211944 |
| Publication date: | 20th March 2008 |
| Author: | Michael Allaby |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP Oxford |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 654 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Paperback Reference |
| Genres: |
Physical geography and topography Reference works |
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.
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences features in the following genres: Physical geography and topography, Reference works
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences is available in Paperback
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences was written by Michael Allaby and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP Oxford
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences has 654 pages
Yes it is part of Oxford Paperback Reference series