Volcanic Landforms and Surface Features: A Photographic Atlas and Glossary - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3642651526 ISBN 13 : 9783642651526

Editeur : Springer, 2012

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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Springer-Verlag, Berlin , Heidelberg , New York - 1971 , in 4 , relié , 522 pages , très nombreuses planches photographiques et figures noir et blanc

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3642651526
• ISBN 13: 9783642651526
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 556
• Éditeur: Green Jack, Short Nicholas Martin
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