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Overview
This guide has three major uses--as a guide to the Earth and the Universe, as a reference source of images for photocopying, and as a basis for examination paper illustrations. For use as a guide, it is grouped thematically into seven sections. Different sections cover major topics including astronomy, geology, meteorology and oceanography, evolution, energy and the environment, and there is a useful section of tables, scales and maps.Editorials
Booknews
New edition of a one-stop reference on topics ranging from soil erosion to plate tectonics. Charts and diagrams cover about 1,000 important concepts in geology, meteorology, and oceanography and cover topics including earth and space, the restless rocks, air and oceans, shaping the surface, and earth history. Maps, tables, and scales cover the largest islands, lakes, continents, and provide a reference pie chart and units of length and area. Includes a glossary of all terms and a chronology of major achievements in earth science. Three-ring binder format. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
April 1, 1999
Publisher
Facts on File, Incorporated
Pages
362
Format
Leaf
ISBN
9780816038732