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Author Erickson, Jon, 1948-

Title Craters, caverns, and canyons : delving beneath the earth's surface / Jon Erickson.

Publication Info. New York : Facts on File, [1993]
©1993

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  551.8 ER44    Check Shelf
Description viii, 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Series The changing earth series
Erickson, Jon, 1948- Changing earth.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-195) and index.
Contents Meteorite impacts: Planetary assembly -- Big Splash -- Big burp -- Asteroid -- Belt -- Asteroids and comets -- Historical impacts -- Impact craters: Cratering rates -- Meteorite impacts -- Crater formation -- Impact structures -- Meteorites -- Strewn fields -- Caves and caverns: Cave formation -- Natural bridges -- Limestone caves -- Lava caves -- Ice caves -- Cave deposits -- Cave art -- Canyons and valleys: Erosion -- Terrestrial canyons -- Submarine canyons -- Deep-sea trenches -- Glacial valleys -- River valleys -- Major basins: Ocean basins -- Inland seas -- Desiccated basins -- Glacial lakes -- Great basin -- Volcanic rifts: Continental rifting -- Continental rifts -- Oceanic rifts -- Seafloor spreading -- Rift volcanoes -- Earthquake faults: Fault belts -- Vertical faults -- Lateral faults -- Thrust faults -- Horsts and Grabens -- Transform faults -- Earthquakes -- Ground failures: catastrophic slides -- Landslides -- Liquefaction -- Mass wasting -- Submarine slides -- Collapsed structures: Calderas -- Fissures -- Subsidence -- Catastrophic collapse -- Unusual depressions: Blowouts -- Potholes -- Sinkholes -- Sod pits -- Kimberlite pipes -- Fumaroles and geysers -- Crater lakes -- Lava lakes.
Subject Geology, Structural.
Landforms.
ISBN 0816025908 (acid-free paper)
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