Dictionary of Geological Terms
by Robert L. Bates
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From Aa toZweikanter, this popular dictionary has now been revised and updated. This edition includes over 1,000 new terms plus: -accurate definitions without technical jargon -many word origins -hyphenation and pronunciation guide -commonly used abbreviations -a geologic time and life chart The definitions in this book are drawn largely from the autoritative 36,000-term Glossary Of Geology, to which nearly 150 specialists from all fields of the geosciences contributed. Both the Glossary and show more this Dictionary were prepared as a service of the American Geological Institute, a federation of geoscience societies united to provide information to the science community and the public. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Dictionary of Geological Terms
- Original publication date
- 1979 (2nd Edition) (2nd Edition); 1987 (3rd Edition) (3rd Edition); 1997 (4th Edition (4th Edition)
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- English
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- 8
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