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1 online resource |
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data file rda |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
V. 1, Abyssal sea floor ; African rift valley system ; Alpine glaciers ; Alps ; Andes ; Appalachians ; Archaebacteria ; Basin and range province ; Biogeography ; Biostratigraphy ; Calderas ; Cambrian diversification of life ; Carbonate rocks ; Cascades ; Catastrophism ; Caves and caverns ; Cenozoic era ; Clastic rocks ; Coastal processes ; Colonization of the land ; Continental crust ; Continental drift ; Continental glaciers ; Continental growth ; Continental rift zones ; Continental shelf and slope ; Continental structures ; Continents and subcontinents ; Cretaceous-paleogene boundary ; Deserts and dunes ; Dinosaurs ; Displaced terranes ; Ediacaran fossils ; Eruptions ; Eukaryotes ; Evolution of birds ; Evolution of flight ; Evolution of humans ; Evolution of life ; Faults ; Fish-amphibian transition ; Flood basalts ; Fluvial processes ; Fold belts ; Folds ; Forecasting eruptions ; Fossil fish ; Fossilization and taphonomy ; Fossil plants ; Fossil record ; Fossil reptiles and amphibians ; Fossils of the earliest life-forms ; Fossils of the earliest vertebrates ; Geoarchaeology ; Geoclines ; Geologic time scale ; Geomicrobiology ; Geomorphology and human activity ; Geomorphology of dry climate areas ; Geomorphology of wet climate areas. |
| Summary |
Describes mountain ranges, the oceans, continental movement, and a wide variety of features that have influenced life on earth. Includes detailed explorations of the evolution of dinosaurs, fish, birds, plant life and humans, as they were influenced by the earth's surface. |
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Geology.
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Earth sciences.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Geophysics.
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Earth sciences. (OCoLC)fst00900729
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Geology. (OCoLC)fst00940627
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| Added Author |
Elliott, David K., 1947-
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| Added Title |
Earth's surface and history |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Earth science. Earth's surface and history. Ipswich, Mass. : Salem Press, ©2012 9781587659898 (DLC) 2012005318 (OCoLC)777601632 |
| ISBN |
9781587659805 (electronic bk.) |
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1587659808 (electronic bk.) |
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