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050 0 0 _aQE 26.2
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245 0 0 _aUnderstanding the Earth /
_cedited by Geoff Brown, Chris Hawkesworth, and Chris Wilson.
260 _aCambridge [England] ;
_aNew York, NY, USA :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1992.
300 _axii, 551 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c26 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aForeword / Ian G. Gass -- 1. Exploration of the Solar System / Peter W. Francis -- 2. The origin of the Earth / Stuart Ross Taylor -- 3. The Earth's interior / Don L. Anderson -- 4. Experimental petrology: Earth materials science / Peter J. Wyllie -- 5. Magma generation in the Earth / Stephen J. Sparks -- 6. The interpretation of magmatic evolution / Keith G. Cox -- 7. Geological time / Chris J. Hawkesworth and Peter van Calsteren -- 8. The continents / Keith O'Nions -- 9. Seafloor spreading and plate tectonics / Tjeerd H. van Andel -- 10. Plate tectonics and continental drift / Alan G. Smith -- 11. Plate tectonics and hydrothermal ore deposits / Michael J. Russell -- 12. Metamorphism and fluids / Alan B. Thompson -- 13. Seismic reflection profiling and the structure of the continental lithosphere / Simon L. Klemperer and Carolyn Peddy -- 14. Deformation of the continental crust / Philip England -- 15. The formation of sedimentary basins / Tony Watts -- 16. Clastic sediments / Roger G. Walker.
505 8 _a17. Limestones through time / Maurice E. Tucker -- 18. Hydrocarbon source rocks / Ralf Littke and Dietrich H. Welte -- 19. Event stratigraphy: a dynamic view of the sedimentary record / Adolf Seilacher -- 20. Sequence stratigraphy: an introduction / Chris Wilson -- 21. Intraplate stress and sedimentary basin evolution / Sierd Cloetingh -- 22. The early evolution of life / Simon Conway Morris -- 23. Fossils and evolutionary theory / Peter W. Skelton -- 24. Palaeoclimatology / Eric J. Barron -- 25. Volcanic hazards / Michael R. Rampino.
650 0 _aEarth sciences.
700 1 _aBrown, G. C.
_q(Geoff C.)
700 1 _aHawkesworth, C. J.
700 1 _aWilson, R. C. L.
900 _bTOC
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