Oxford Companion To Earth

Publisher Oxford University Press

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Oxford University Press

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Copyright

2001

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9780191727535

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College Freshman - College Senior

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THE OXFORD COMPANION TO THE EARTH is a unique reference work, offering unrivalled coverage of the Earth Sciences, from volcanoes to flood plains, diamonds to meteors, deserts to deep seas. All aspects of geology, including climatology, mineralogy, and oceanography, are covered. In addition, there are many eclectic entries, for example on dinosaur hunters, and fossils and folklore, as well as biographies of the key figures involved.
Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Preface.
Note to the Reader.
Contents.
Paul Lewis Hancock (1937–1998).
Contributors.
1: Acid Rain.
2: Active Fault.
3: Adsorption.
4: Aeolian Processes.
5: Aeromagnetic Surveying.
6: Aerosols and Climate.
7: Agassiz, Louis (1807–73).
8: Age and Early Evolution of the Earth and Solar System.
9: Aggregates.
10: Agricola, Georgius (1494–1555).
11: Air Pressure.
12: Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801–92).
13: Alluvial Channels.
14: Alluvial Fans and Alluvial Plains.
15: Alpine Orogeny.
16: Alpine Pioneers of Geology.
17: Amateurs in Geology.
18: Amber.
19: Amphibians.
20: Andes of South America.
21: Anning, Mary (1799–1847).
22: Antarctic Climate.
23: Antarctic Ice Cores.
24: Anthropogeomorphology.
25: Anticyclone.
26: Applied Geomorphology.
27: Aquifer.
28: Archaean Eon.
29: Archaeological Geology.
30: Arid-Zone Hydrology.
31: Arroyos.
32: Art and the Earth Sciences.
33: Artesian Well.
34: Arthropods.
35: Asbestos.
36: Aseismic Submarine Ridges and Oceanic Plateaux.
37: Assimilation.
38: Asteroids and Comets.
39: Asthenosphere.
40: Atlantis.
41: Atmospheric Convergence and Divergence.
42: Atmospheric Electricity.
43: Atmospheric High Pressure.
44: Atmospheric Temperature.
45: Avalanches.
46: Bacteria.
47: Bacterial Isotopic Fractionation.
48: Badlands.
49: Bagnold, R. A. (1896–1990).
50: Banded Iron Formations.
51: Barrell, Joseph (1869–1919).
52: Basalt.
53: Base Level.
54: Bauxites.
55: Beaches.
56: Beachrock.
57: Bearing Capacity.
58: Beginnings of Geological Thought.
59: Beloussov, V. V. (1907–90).
60: Benioff H. (1899–1968).
61: Berzelius, Jöns Jacob (1779–1848).
62: Biodegradation.
63: Biogenic Weathering.
64: Biogeochemistry.
65: Biogeomorphology.
66: Biomarkers (Chemical Fossils).
67: Biosphere.
68: Biostratigraphy.
69: Birds.
70: Bivalves.
71: Black Shales.
72: Black Smokers and White Smokers.
73: Blackett, P. M. S. (Baron Blackett of Chelsea) (189
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