Van Nostrands Scientific Encyclopedia 2VOL
Publisher: Thomson Learning
Published: October 1, 1988
Language: eng
Number of pages: 3264
ISBN-13: 9780442217501
First sentence: AA. An Hawaiian term introduced into geological nomenclature by C.E. Dutton in 1883, and signifying the jagged, scoriaceous, blocky and exceedingly rough surface of some basic lava flows.