Dictionary of Geological Terms: Third Edition (Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones) - Softcover

American Geological Institute, American Geological Institute

 
9780385181013: Dictionary of Geological Terms: Third Edition (Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0385181019 ISBN 13: 9780385181013
Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1984

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From Aa toZweikanter, this popular dictionary has now been revised and updated. This edition includes over 1,000 new terms plus:

-accurate definitions without technical jargon

-many word origins

-hyphenation and pronunciation guide

-commonly used abbreviations

-a geologic time and life chart

The definitions in this book are drawn largely from the autoritative 36,000-term Glossary Of Geology, to which nearly 150 specialists from all fields of the geosciences contributed. Both the Glossary and this Dictionary were prepared as a service of the American Geological Institute, a federation of geoscience societies united to provide information to the science community and the public.

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Founded in 1948, the American Geosciences Institute, formerly the American Geological Institute, is a nonprofit federation of 51 organizations and associations representing the Earth sciences. They publish EARTH Magazine, a monthly source of scientific energy and environment news.

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From "Aa to"Zweikanter, this popular dictionary has now been revised and updated. This edition includes over 1,000 new terms plus:
-accurate definitions without technical jargon
-many word origins
-hyphenation and pronunciation guide
-commonly used abbreviations
-a geologic time and life chart
The definitions in this book are drawn largely from the autoritative 36,000-term "Glossary Of Geology, to which nearly 150 specialists from all fields of the geosciences contributed. Both the "Glossary and this "Dictionary were prepared as a service of the American Geological Institute, a federation of geoscience societies united to provide information to the science community and the public.

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Verlag
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Erscheinungsdatum
1984
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0385181019
ISBN 13 
9780385181013
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
3
Anzahl der Seiten
576
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