| Reviews |
| Review(s) from previous edition:
- 'I marvel at how the editors have compressed so much so clearly' - Nature
- 'can really claim to offer comprehensive coverage of the earth sciences' - Times Educational Supplement
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| Description | | - A new edition of this leading dictionary - fully updated
- Contains 6,250+ entries on geology, oceanography, volcanology, minerology, paleontology, and planetary science
- Increased coverage of process geomorphology and physical geography
- New appendix of recommended web links updated on the Dictionary of Earth Sciences
companion website
- Additional appendices include an updated bibliography, stratigraphic units, geological, lunar and Martian time scales, wind-strength scales, and SI units
- Illustrated with around 130 explanatory line drawings - 50 of them new
| New to this edition- The whole dictionary has been thoroughly updated
- Increased coverage of process geomorphology, physical geography, and basic physics
- Cross referencing checked and improved
- 50 new diagrams to accompany desciptions of forms and processes
- New appendix of recommended web links updated on the Dictionary of Earth Sciences
companion website
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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.
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Readership: Undergraduates students of geography, geoscinces and related disciplines
| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Michael Allaby, None
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