Magill's survey of science
Subtitle: Volume 5 Physical properties of rocks--Z (Earth Science Series)
Publisher: Magill
Published: 1990
Place of publication: California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2804
ISBN-13: 9780893566111
Subjects: Earth sciences; Dictionaries; Geology; Physical geography; Encyclopedia and dictionaries; History
Table of contents: title: Rocks, Physical Properties; title: Rocky Mountains; title: San Andreas Fault; title: Sand; title: Sand Dunes; title: Sea Level; title: Seamounts; title: Seawater Composition; title: Sediment Transport and Deposition; title: Sedimentary Mineral Deposits; title: Sedimentary Rock Classification; title: Sedimentary Rocks:Biogenic; title: Sedimentary Rocks:Chemical precipitates; title: Sedimentary Rocks:Siliciclastic; title: Seismic Reflection Profiling; title: Seismometers; title: Side-Looking Airborne Radar; title: Sierra nevada; title: Silica Minerals; title: Skylab; title: Soil Chemistry; title: Soil Erosion; title: Soil Formation; title: Soil Liquefaction; title: Soil Profiles; title: Soil Types; title: Soils, Expansive; title: Solar Power; title: Solar System, Elemental Distribution; title: Solar System, Origin; title: Stable isotopes:Fractionation Processes; title: Stable isotopes:Oxygen ...; title: Stable isotopes:Water-Rock interactions; title: Statistical Studies; title: Storm; title: Stratigraphic Correlation; title: Stress and Strain; title: Subduction and Orogeny; title: Surface Water; title: Tektites B elts; title: Tornadoes; title: Transgression and Regression; title: Transverse Ranges; title: Tsunamis; title: Turbidity Currents and Submarine Fans; title: Unconformities; title: Uniformitarianism; title: Uranium Deposits; title: Venus'Atmosphere; title: Venus'Surface; title: Volcanic hazards; title: Volcanism at Spreading Centers; title: Volcanoes: Calderas, Eruption Forecasting, Flood Basalts; title: Hawaiian Islands, Krakatoa, Mount Pelee, Mount St Helens, Mount Vesuvius, Recent Eruptions, Recent Eruptions; title: Shield Volcanoes, Stratovolcanoes, Types of Eruption, Types of Lava Flow; title: Water Wells; title: Weather Forecasting; title: Weathering and Erosion; title: Wind; title: Wind Power; title: X-Ray Fluorescence; title: X-Ray Powder Diffraction; title: Yellowstone National Park