| Titre : |
A dictionary of earth sciences |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Allaby, Ailsa, Auteur |
| Mention d'édition : |
2é ed. |
| Editeur : |
Oxford university press |
| Année de publication : |
1999 |
| Importance : |
619 p. |
| Format : |
20 cm. |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-19-280079-4 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Index. décimale : |
550 Sciences de la terre |
| Résumé : |
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, and substantial updating in paleontology, mineralogy, and geophysics
Exceptionally broad coverage also includes climatology, economic geology, geochemistry, oceanography, petrology, and volcanology
New section of appendices includes wind strengths and time scales. |
A dictionary of earth sciences [texte imprimé] / Allaby, Ailsa, Auteur . - 2é ed. . - Oxford university press, 1999 . - 619 p. ; 20 cm. ISBN : 978-0-19-280079-4 Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Index. décimale : |
550 Sciences de la terre |
| Résumé : |
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, and substantial updating in paleontology, mineralogy, and geophysics
Exceptionally broad coverage also includes climatology, economic geology, geochemistry, oceanography, petrology, and volcanology
New section of appendices includes wind strengths and time scales. |
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