Earth Story: The Forces That Have Shaped Our Planet - Softcover

Lamb, Simon; Sington, David

 
9780691116624: Earth Story: The Forces That Have Shaped Our Planet

Synopsis

Explores the origins and the progressive evolution of our planet and the relationship of earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciers, and monsoons to the environment as a whole.

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"This book is a wonderful introduction to a new discipline, the geosciences, which integrates diverse fields to explain the intimate connections between fascinating and seemingly unrelated phenomena--the shapes of continents, earthquakes, the locations of mountains and volcanoes, weather and climate, and the evolution of life."--S. George Philander, Princeton University; author ofIs the Temperature Rising?

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9780691002293: Earth Story: The Shaping of Our World

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ISBN 10:  0691002290 ISBN 13:  9780691002293
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr, 1998
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