A Dictionary of Earth Sciences

by Allaby, Ailsa; Allaby, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780192800794
• ISBN10: 0192800795
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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 Substantial updating in mineralogy and geophysics Exceptionally broad coverage also includes climatology, economic geology, geochemistry, oceanography, palaeontology, petrology, and volcanology New section of appendices includes wind strength scales; material, temporal, and chronostratigraphic units; and geologic, lunar, and Martian time scales

Author Biography

Ailsa Allaby is a writer, editor, and contributor to The Oxford Dictionary of Natural History
Michael Allaby is a well-known writer on science and the environment. He is General Editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Natural History

Table of Contents

Contributors and Advisers	xi
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences	1	(599)
APPENDIX A: Stratigraphic Units as Defined in the North American Stratigraphic Code, 1983	600	(2)
APPENDIX B: Time-Scales	602	(3)
APPENDIX C: Wind Strength	605	(2)
APPENDIX D: SI Units, Conversions, and Multiples	607	(2)
Bibliography	609