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The encyclopedia of Earth : a complete visual guide / [authors, Michael Allaby ... [et al.]].
- Title
- The encyclopedia of Earth : a complete visual guide / [authors, Michael Allaby ... [et al.]].
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QB631 .E558 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Allaby, Michael
- Description
- 608 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 28 cm.
- Summary
- Offers new visual interpretations of many concepts and facts, painting a fascinating picture of Earth today and across the ages.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Encyclopedias
- Pictorial works
- Reference works.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Statement of responsibility from p. [5].
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Birth. Earth's place in the universe -- Third planet from the sun -- The emergence of life -- Fire. Earth from the inside out -- Heat from within -- Land. Rocks -- Minerals -- Soils -- Landforms -- Biomes -- Air. Earth's atmosphere -- Wind -- Climate -- Weather -- Record-breaking weather -- Water. Oceans and seas -- The marine environment -- Rivers -- Wetlands and swamps -- Landlocked water -- Humans. A peopled planet -- Earth's resources -- Human impact -- Global conservation -- Into the future.
- ISBN
- 9780520254718 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0520254716 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008006956
- OCLC
- 192134485
- SCSB-10222648
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library