A dictionary of earth sciences /
Earth sciences Oxford dictionary of earth sciences
edited by Michael Allaby.
- Third edition.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- vii, 654 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Oxford paperback reference .
Cover title: Oxford dictionary of earth sciences.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [647]-654).
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Contains over six thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of words related to the Earth sciences, covering climatology, economic geology, geochemistry, oceanography, paleontology, petrology, and volcanology.