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Understanding the earth : a reader in the earth sciences / edited by I.G. Gass, Peter J. Smith, R.C.L. Wilson.

By: Gass, I. G. (Ian Graham).
Contributor(s): Smith, Peter J | Wilson, R. C. L.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Open University set book.Publisher: Horsham : Artemis Press for the Open University Press, 1972Edition: 2nd ed.Description: 383, [4] p : ill(some col), maps(some col) ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0851413099.Subject(s): GeologyDDC classification: 550
Contents:
Minerals and rocks / Keith Cox -- Measuring geological time / Stephen Moorbath -- The composition of the earth / Peter Harris -- The earth's magnetic field and its origin / E. C. Bullard -- The earth's heat and internal temperatures / John H. Sass -- The chandler wobble / Michael Chinnery -- The earth-moon system / Zdenek Kopal -- Meteorites / Brian Mason -- A model for the origin of life / P. C. Sylvester-Bradley -- Oxygen and evolution / Lloyd V. Berkner & Lauriston C. Marshall -- The primitive earth / Preston Cloud Jr. -- Evolution in environments / Roland Goldring -- Looking back through time / E. K. Walton -- Evolution and the fossil record / M. R. House -- Continental drift / Alan Gilbert Smith -- Sea-floor spreading / F. J. Vine -- The oxidation: polarity paradox / Peter J. Smith -- Polarity reversal and faunal extinction / D. I. Black -- Plate tectonics / E. R. Oxburgh -- Orogeny / John Sutton -- Volcanism and the earth's crust / J. B. Wright -- Location of mineral deposits / Tom N. Clifford -- Earthquake prediction and modification / Robert L. Kovach -- Nuclear explosions and earthquakes / D. Davies -- Mohole: geopolitical fiasco / Daniel S. Greenberg -- The oxygen cycle / Preston Cloud Jr. & Aharon Gibor -- Resources and environment / Stephen Drury.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 550 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00044126
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Minerals and rocks / Keith Cox -- Measuring geological time / Stephen Moorbath -- The composition of the earth / Peter Harris -- The earth's magnetic field and its origin / E. C. Bullard -- The earth's heat and internal temperatures / John H. Sass -- The chandler wobble / Michael Chinnery -- The earth-moon system / Zdenek Kopal -- Meteorites / Brian Mason -- A model for the origin of life / P. C. Sylvester-Bradley -- Oxygen and evolution / Lloyd V. Berkner & Lauriston C. Marshall -- The primitive earth / Preston Cloud Jr. -- Evolution in environments / Roland Goldring -- Looking back through time / E. K. Walton -- Evolution and the fossil record / M. R. House -- Continental drift / Alan Gilbert Smith -- Sea-floor spreading / F. J. Vine -- The oxidation: polarity paradox / Peter J. Smith -- Polarity reversal and faunal extinction / D. I. Black -- Plate tectonics / E. R. Oxburgh -- Orogeny / John Sutton -- Volcanism and the earth's crust / J. B. Wright -- Location of mineral deposits / Tom N. Clifford -- Earthquake prediction and modification / Robert L. Kovach -- Nuclear explosions and earthquakes / D. Davies -- Mohole: geopolitical fiasco / Daniel S. Greenberg -- The oxygen cycle / Preston Cloud Jr. & Aharon Gibor -- Resources and environment / Stephen Drury.

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