Geology: Encyclopedias

Offers approximately 650 entries in a convenient A-Z format, cross-reference headings and is written in easy to understand language.

The first modern treatment of purposes, methods, and principles of the geological investigation of earthquakes draws upon examples from many seismically active regions of the globe, including China, Japan, the Mediterranean countries, the U.S., and New Zealand.

Covers all aspects of geology including earth history, earth materials, surface processes, regional geology, economic geology, engineering geology, petroleum geology, geochemical and mineral exploration, and the history of geology.

Contains 360 entries grouped alphabetically into categories touching on topics in the solid and surficial earth processes, earth resources and stewardship, earth sciences in the public eye, and earth in space.

Contains 225 alphabetical entries that list such scientific information as the characteristic mineral form, the specific gravity, the system of symmetry, the refraction, and the hardness of the mineral. Also included is a description of the mineral's physical properties, where it occurs in the environment, how it forms, its uses and value, and particularly in the case of gemstones, its simulated and synthetic forms and how to recognize them.

Identification guide featuring 600 dinosaurs, written by a leading expert and stunningly illustrated.