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VOLCANIC LANDFORMS AND SURFACE FEATURES
A PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS AND GLOSSARY |
| By: |
Jack Green (Editor), Nicholas M. Short (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£76.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3642651526 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783642651526 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG |
| Pub. date: |
12 February, 2012 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1971 |
| Pages: |
519 |
| Synopsis: |
THIS BOOK, conceived by N. M. S. , is patterned this atlas, namely to assemble into a single source after The Atlas and Glossary of Primary Sedi- book a photographic record of nearly all volcanic mentary Structures by F. J. Pettijohn and P. E. Potter surface features described during the development (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. ). We introduce of volcanology so that future workers on terrestrial this atlas with a chapter by the late Arie Polder- problems can refer to these photos for comparative vaart treating the principal concepts of volcanoes or illustrative purposes. as landforms, followed by a main section of photo- Also, we hope that this atlas will serve as an aid graphs of volcanic structures and features arranged to those engaged in learning or teaching the funda- in 198 Plates, and then conclude with an up- mentals of geology and its sub fields, such as petro- dated glossary of terms associated with volcan- logy or geophysics. To this end we have attempted ology, its processes and products. to create a book simple and general enough to be The atlas is, in a sense, an outgrowth of the useful even at the secondary school level, but with expanding interest in volcanology recently stimu- sufficient detail and rigor to be acceptable to both lated by the exploration of neighboring planetary students and professors in the universities. Further, bodies in the solar system. |
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XXV, 519 p. |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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