Encyclopedia of Earth Science provides a broad scope of important subjects in the field of Earth science hydrology, structural geology, petrology, isotope geology, geochemistry, geomorphology, and oceanography. Containing more than 700 entries and essays, as well as 210 black-and-white photographs and line illustrations, this comprehensive encyclopedia is perfect for high school and early college students. Hundreds of entries on concepts, theories and hypotheses, places and events, the major periods of geological time, people who have made significant contributions to the field, technology and instruments, occupations and careers, organizations, field locations, and other subjects round out this comprehensive volume.

An ideal reference to the principal areas and issues related to this core area of science, Encyclopedia of Earth Science is extensively cross-referenced and indexed, bringing information quickly and easily to the fingertips of its readers.

Entries include:

Convection and the Earth's mantle
Charles Darwin
El Ni�o and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Geochronology
Gondwana, Gondwanaland
Himalayan Mountains
Jet streams
Life's origins and early evolution
Metamorphism
Pangea
Uniformitarianism
Volcanic bomb.

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Timothy Kusky is the Paul C. Reinert Professor of Natural Sciences at Saint Louis University in Missouri.

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