Author : Klaus K. E. Neuendorf
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 42,15 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Geology
ISBN : 9780922152766
The fifth edition of the Glossary of Geology contains nearly 40,000 entries, including 3.600 new terms and nearly 13,000 entries with revised definitions from the previous edition. In addition to definitions, many entries include background information and aids to syllabication. The Glossary draws its authority from the expertise of more than 100 geoscientists in many specialties who reviewed definitions and added new terms.
Author : American Geological Institute
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 14,18 MB
Release : 1984-04-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 0385181019
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 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.
Author : Michael Allaby
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1321 pages
File Size : 40,44 MB
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 0192575708
This new edition includes 10,000 entries which cover all areas of geoscience, including planetary science, oceanography, palaeontology, mineralogy and volcanology. In this edition, 675 new entries have been added, and include expanded coverage of planetary geology and earth-observing-satellites. Other new entries terms such as Ianammox, Boomerangian, earth rheological layering, and metamorphic rock classification. The entries are also complemented by more than 130 diagrams and numerous web links that are listed on a regularly updated dedicated companion website. Appendices supplement the A-Z and have been extended to include three new tables on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, Avalanche Classes, and the Volcanic Explosivity Index. The list of satellite missions has also been revised and updated to include recent developments. A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences is an authoritative, and jargon-free resource for students of geology, geography, geosciences, physical science, and those in related disciplines.
Author : Clara Mabel Rice
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,76 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Geology
ISBN :
Author : John Challinor
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,82 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Science
ISBN :
More limited in coverage but more up-to-date than the glossary of geology and related terms (SciRef QE5.A48 1960).
Author : Robert Latimer Bates
Publisher : Anchor Books
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 41,29 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780385181006
Concise definitions of all significant terms in the earth science cover the most recent advances and discoveries and include items from related fields
Author : Sybil P. Parker
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 31,15 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Geology
ISBN :
Provides reference to 8,700 terms, phrases, synonyms, acronyms and abbreviations in geology and mineralogy.
Author : McGraw-Hill Education
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,29 MB
Release : 2003-01-27
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780071410441
Derived from the content of the respected McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, Sixth Edition, each title provides thousands of definitions of words and phrases encountered in a specific discipline. All include: * Pronunciation guide for every term * Acronyms, cross-references, and abbreviations * Appendices with conversion tables; listings of scientific, technical, and mathematical notation; tables of relevant data; and more * A convenient, quick-find format
Author : Robert Latimer Bates
Publisher :
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 24,9 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Science
ISBN :
This third edition of the Glossary of Geology contains approximately 37,000 terms, or 1,000 more than the second edition, as well as 650 emendations and corrections. In addition, it includes for the first time the division of cited terms in syllables, with accents to aid in pronunciation. Approximately 150 references have been added to the 2,000 in the second edition. Literature cited ranges from the early 1790s to 1986. New entries are especially numerous in the fields of carbonate sedimentology, hydrogeology, marine geology, mineralogy, ore deposits, plate tectonics, snow and ice, and stratigraphic nomenclature. Many of the definitions provide background information. Thus the reader will learn the difference between sylvanite and sylvinite, and many other look-alike pairs; the origin of such terms as charnockite and lottal; the meaning of BHP, LVL, MORB, and more than 100 other abbreviations now common in the geoscience vocabulary; and the dates when many terms were first used, the meaning of certain common prefixes, and the preferred term of two or more synonyms.The authority of this new edition - like that of its predecessors - rests on the expertise of geoscientists from many specialties, who have reviewed definitions, added new terms, and cited references. Their contributions make the Glossary an essential reference work for all in the geoscience community. Printed on recycled, acid-free paper.
Author : Ricardo A. Olea
Publisher :
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 35,59 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780195066890
Geostatistics is a branch of mathematics that deals with the sampling, analysis, interpretation and display of phenomena that fluctuate in space. Although not all geostatistical methods are probabilistic in nature, the most important accomplishments in the field have been in estimation and forecasting, extending probabilistic methods of stochastic processes and time series analysis to the spatial domain. This book gives the only available comprehensive collection of definitions of geostatistical terms. It lists more than 600 entries selected from the book and journal literature through the end of 1989. Where appropriate, multiple meanings have been included for specific terms. Cross-references abound to help the reader when the definitions of a word leads to the search for other terms. Although all the definitions are in English, equivalent terms are provided in alphabetized lists in Chinese, French, German, Greek, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. This volume will provide a useful reference for students, scientists, engineers, and others concerned with the meaning of terms found in the geostatistical literature and heard in professional practice. Definitions and entries have been prepared with multiple levels of rigor and complexity, in order to provide help to a readership that may range from inexperienced practitioners to advanced researchers.
