The Field Guide to Geology - Softcover

Lambert, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816065101 ISBN 13: 9780816065103

Verlag: Facts on File, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

This is an essential field guide for geology lovers. Written by a team of eminent geologists and educators, ""The Field Guide to Geology, New Edition"" features clear graphics and simple field-guide procedures to guide hikers through the great outdoors. A revised and updated edition of a best-seller, this helpful resource offers readers ready access to the subject. This new edition features 200 new, two-color illustrations (more than 750 in all), updated graphs and tables, as well as two new chapters titled ""Monitoring the Earth's Changes"" and ""Geologists of Note."" This volume's lucid, easy-to-follow text covers all the key rudiments of geology and will provide nature lovers with a useful reference to various geological phenomena. The topics covered include: Air currents; Composition; Desertification; Greenhouse effect; Ice changes; Seafloor profiling; Seismic activity; Submersibles; Tides; Waterflow; and more.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Facts on File
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0816065101
• ISBN 13: 9780816065103
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Mare Nostrum Group B.V.; gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk; ; Doelen 72; Breda; 4831 GR; Niederlande