Author: P. Kearey Publisher: Puffin ISBN: 9780140512779 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 365
Book Description
This entirely new dictionary of current geological usage includes the latest terminology and gives over 7,500 wide-ranging and concise definitions. The entries are clearly presented and fully cross-referenced. Additionally, a full bibliography of up-to-date works on all aspects of geology is provided for readers requiring further information on particular topics. Authoritative and comprehensive, this New Penguin Dictionary of Geology will prove invaluable to researcher, student and amateur geologist.
Author: Audrey N. Clark Publisher: Penguin Group ISBN: Category : Geography Languages : en Pages : 462
Book Description
The Penguin Dictionary of Geography has been expanded and revised and contains some 750 new entries to take into account developments in all areas of the subject. It now includes an explanation of terms connected with all aspects of the environment, natural and social; recent concepts in the field such as feminist geography, sustainability, uneven development and globalization; foreign and American terms; succinct, clear definitions of natural phenomena; sociological terminology; explanations of terms relating to climatology, ecology, economics, geology, remote sensing and statistics.
Author: John Whittow Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK) ISBN: 9780140514506 Category : Géographie physique - Dictionnaires anglais Languages : en Pages : 590
Book Description
Newly revised and updated with over 400 new entries, The Penguin Dictionary of Physical Geography remains the standard reference work on the subject. Now including all the latest trends and techniques, this is the ideal companion both for school and college students and for the general reader.
Author: American Geological Institute Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 0385181019 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 577
Book Description
From Aa toZweikanter, this popular dictionary has now been revised and updated. This edition includes over 1,000 new terms plus: -accurate definitions without technical jargon -many word origins -hyphenation and pronunciation guide -commonly used abbreviations -a geologic time and life chart The definitions in this book are drawn largely from the autoritative 36,000-term Glossary Of Geology, to which nearly 150 specialists from all fields of the geosciences contributed. Both the Glossary and this Dictionary were prepared as a service of the American Geological Institute, a federation of geoscience societies united to provide information to the science community and the public.
Author: P. Kearey
Author: Phillip Keary
Author: Philip Kearey
Author: Douglas Gilbert Alban Whitten
Author: D. G. A. Whitten
Author: Douglas G. A. Whitten
Author: Audrey N. Clark
Author: John Whittow
Author: American Geological Institute
Author: Audrey N. Clark