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Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago
ISBN13: 9780691136288 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Product Description Some 250 million years ago, the earth suffered the greatest biological crisis in its history. Around...
Waves, Tides and Shallow-Water Processes, Second Edition
Product DescriptionCompletely revised and updated for its second edition, this volume belongs to the Open University series on oceanography. It is designed so that it can be read on its own or studied as part of the Open University third-level course, S330 Oceanography. The book begins by describing the characteristics of...
An Introduction to the World’s Oceans 8/e with bind in OLC card
Product DescriptionAn Introduction to the World’s Oceans, 8/e is an introductory oceanography text intended for students without a background in mathematics, chemistry, physics, geology, or biology. It emphasizes the role of basic scientific principles in helping understand the processes that govern the ocean and the...
Minerals: Their Constitution and Origin
Product DescriptionThis introduction to mineralogy for undergraduate and graduate students in geology and materials science has been designed for a semester course. Covering all aspects of mineralogy in an integrated way, it links mineral properties with broader geological processes, and conveys their economic importance throughout...
Exploration Seismology
Product DescriptionThis is the completely updated revision of the highly regarded book Exploration Seismology. Available now in one volume, this textbook provides a complete and systematic discussion of exploration seismology. The first part of the book looks at the history of exploration seismology and the theory – developed...
The Powers That Be: Global Energy for the Twenty-first Century and Beyond
ISBN13: 9780226535005 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Product DescriptionThirty years ago, our global energy landscape did not look remarkably different from what it does today....
Thermodynamics, Text plus Web: An Integrated Learning System
Product DescriptionWhat if there were no constraints on the use of photographs and graphics; if books could show objects dynamically to illustrate their multi-dimensional characteristics; and if new and revised material could be added at frequent intervals in response to direct feedback from users? Welcome to ThermoNet! Combining...
Engineering Geology: An Environmental Approach
Product DescriptionA classic reference to help engineers and other professionals understand geology and take it into account in their work.Describes the tools of engineering geology, including maps, aerial photographs and remote sensing. Explains geological processes, and how they relate to engineering. These include weathering,...
Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth’s Ancient Atmosphere
Product DescriptionFor 65 million years dinosaurs ruled the Earth – until a deadly asteroid forced their extinction. But what accounts for the incredible longevity of dinosaurs? A renowned scientist now provides a startling explanation that is rewriting the history of the Age of Dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are pretty amazing...
Parks and Plates: The Geology of Our National Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
Product DescriptionThe breathtaking landscapes of America’s national parks reveal the processes that shape our planet. Many of our national parks, monuments, and seashores were established because of their inspiring geological features. The geysers of Yellowstone, the volcanoes of Hawaii, and the granite peaks of Yosemite...
