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Dictionary of Earth Science

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The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Earth Science provides a compendium of more than
10,000 terms that are central to the broad range of disciplines comprising
earth science. The coverage in this Second Edition is focused on the areas of
climatology, geochemistry, geodesy, geography, geology, geophysics, hydrology,
meteorology, and oceanography, with new terms added and others revised
as necessary.
Earth science strives to understand the origins, evolution, and behavior of the
earth in a broad context, including the place of the earth in the solar system
and the universe. Much of the advances in earth science have resulted from
the greatly improved ability to measure and analyze the complex interactions
over time of the component parts of the earth, including the atmosphere, the
biosphere, the hydrosphere, and the lithosphere. Thus, earth science is highly
interdisciplinary, and an understanding of the terminology of the fields covered
in this Dictionary is important for an appreciation of its literature and
applications.
All of the definitions are drawn from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and
Technical Terms, Sixth Edition (2003). Each definition is classified according to
the field with which it is primarily associated. The pronunciation of each
term is provided along with synonyms, acronyms, and abbreviations where
appropriate. A guide to the use of the Dictionary on pages vii-viii explains the
alphabetical organization of terms, the format of the book, cross referencing,
and how synonyms, variant spelling, abbreviations, and similar information
are handled. The Pronunciation Key is provided on page x. The Appendix
provides conversion tables for commonly used scientific units as well as a
revised geologic time scale, periodic table, historical information, and useful
listings of data from the varioius disclriplines of earth science.
It is the editors’ hope that the Second Edition of the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of
Earth Science will serve the needs of scientists, engineers, students, teachers,
librarians, and writers for high-quality information, and that it will contribute
to scientific literacy and communication.

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New York : The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.., 2003

Deskripsi Fisik

x, 448 Hlm.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-07-141045-7

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2nd. Ed.

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ILMU ALAM
BUMI

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