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Dictionary of geological terms / Robert L. Bates and Julia A. Jackson, editors ; prepared under the direction of the American Geological Institute.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geology--Dictionaries.
- Geology.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 571 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition, Anchor Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1984.
- Summary:
- 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.
- ISBN:
- 0385181000 :
- OCLC:
- 9412868
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