文档介绍：The Facts On File
DICTIONARY
of
EARTH SCIENCE
Revised Edition
The Facts On File
DICTIONARY
of
EARTH SCIENCE
Revised Edition
Edited by
Jacqueline Smith
The Facts On File Dictionary of Earth Science
Revised Edition
Copyright © 1976, 1979, 2000, 2006 by Market House Books Ltd
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any
form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without
permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact:
Facts On File, Inc.
An imprint of Infobase Publishing
132 West 31st Street
New York NY 10001
For Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data,
please contact Facts On File, Inc.
ISBN 0-8160-6000-2
Facts On File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk
quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call
our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755.
You can find Facts On File on the World Wide Web at
Compiled and typeset by Market House Books Ltd, Aylesbury, UK
Printed in the United States of America
MP **********
This book is printed on acid-free paper
PREFACE
This dictionary is one of a series designed for use in schools. It is intended for stu-
dents of earth sciences, but we hope that it will also be helpful to other science
students and to anyone interested in science. Facts On File also publishes dictionar-
ies in a variety of disciplines, including astronomy, chemistry, biology, computer
science, physics, mathematics, forensic science, weather and climate, and marine sci-
ence.
This book is based on an edition first published by the Macmillan Press in 1976 and
it was last revised in 2000. This second Facts on File edition has been extensively re-
vised and extended. The dictionary now contains over 3500 headwords covering the
terminology of modern earth scie