Geology & the lithosphere
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Geology & the lithosphere
hardcover. Tracks the growth of geology's prestige in Britain, exploring how a geohistory of Creation was assembled and sold to the wider Biblereading public. In exploring the use of poetry and spectacle in the promotion of popular science, this book attempts to prove that geology's success owed much to the literary techniques of its authors. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8 colour plates, 89 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; PDX; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1176. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAM0001173
- ISBN
- 9780226616681
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
Paperback. Tracks the astonishing growth of geology's prestige in Britain, exploring how a geohistory far more alluring than the standard six days of Creation was assembled and sold to the wider Bible-reading public. Num Pages: 542 pages, 8 colour plates, 89 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PDX; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1014.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 542
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226103204
- ISBN
- 9780226103204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.35
€ 69.35
Paperback. This book explains the rapid acceptance of seafloor spreading theory and the ensuing birth of plate tectonics with the geometrification of geology. Num Pages: 696 pages, 105 b/w illus. BIC Classification: RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 171 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316616130
- ISBN
- 9781316616130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.41
€ 70.41
Paperback. This book describes the expansion of the land-based paleomagnetic case for drifting continents and recounts the golden age of marine geoscience. Num Pages: 494 pages, 24 b/w illus. 13 maps. BIC Classification: RBGF; RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316616123
- ISBN
- 9781316616123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.41
€ 70.41
Paperback. This book documents the growing paleomagnetic case for continental drift in the 1950s, based on extensive interviews and archival material. Num Pages: 544 pages, 64 b/w illus. BIC Classification: RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 244 x 36. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316616062
- ISBN
- 9781316616062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.10
€ 80.10
Hardcover. This book explains the rapid acceptance of seafloor spreading theory and the ensuing birth of plate tectonics with the geometrification of geology. Num Pages: 796 pages, 105 b/w illus. BIC Classification: RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1500.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 796
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107019942
- ISBN
- 9781107019942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.20
€ 203.20
Hardback. A revised edition to the bestselling "The Chemistry of Soils" incorporating new research from the last eight years in the fields of environmental chemistry, ecosystem biogeochemistry, and scientific agriculture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 67. BIC Classification: PN; PSB; RBGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190630881
- ISBN
- 9780190630881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.21
€ 200.21
Paperback. Suitable for courses covering both physical and historical geology, this book includes three interrelated themes (plate tectonics, organic evolution, and geologic time) that help students understand that Earth is a complex, integrated, and continually changing system. Num Pages: 736 pages, colour illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 277 x 220 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1350.
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 7th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781285733418
- ISBN
- 9781285733418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 177.44
€ 177.44
Paperback. The second part of an all-inclusive two volume reference on biological markers in petroleum geochemistry, environmental science and archaeology. Num Pages: 704 pages, 463 b/w illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: RBGH; RBGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 187 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521039987
- ISBN
- 9780521039987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.38
€ 134.38
Hardcover. Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme (TSBF) TSBF was established in 1984 under the patronage of the Man and Biosphere programme of Unesco and the Decade of the Tropics initiative of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS). Editor(s): Woomer, P. L.; Swift, M. J. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGB; TVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471950950
- ISBN
- 9780471950950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 585.39
€ 585.39
Hardcover. Submerged soils and the wetlands they support are of huge practical importance: in global element cycles, as centres of biodiversity, in global food production. This book shows how they are also uniquely interesting scientifically because of their peculiar biogeochemistry and the adaptations of plants and microbes to it. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: PN; RBGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470863015
- ISBN
- 9780470863015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 369.46
€ 369.46
Paperback. The Atmosphere and Ocean is a fully revised and updated student friendly physical introduction to the atmosphere and ocean. Now in its Third Edition, the book continues to provide students with an accessible description of the atmosphere and ocean with emphasis on their physical properties and inter-dependence. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white tables, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: PHVJ; RBG; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470694688
- ISBN
- 9780470694688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.70
€ 69.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: RBG; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Synergetic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907791546
- ISBN
- 9780907791546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06
Hardback. Editor(s): Schaer, Jean-Paul; Rodgers, John. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637747
- ISBN
- 9780691637747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.23
€ 191.23
Paperback. Series: Prehistoric Archaeology & Ecology S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 55ill. BIC Classification: HD; JHMP; PSX; RBG; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- paper edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226439587
- ISBN
- 9780226439587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.78
€ 48.78
Paperback. This is a history and synthesis of all that has been said (by theologians and scientists) and is known to science about the question, How old is the Earth? Editor(s): Dalrymple, G. Brent. Num Pages: 492 pages. BIC Classification: PH; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723312
- ISBN
- 9780804723312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.82
€ 56.82
Hardback. Man's fascination with time, its extent and its measurement, is Paul Lyle's starting point as he considers the relationship of deep time and the Earth's geological resources with modern consumer society. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Dunedin Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780460390
- ISBN
- 9781780460390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.41
€ 61.41
Landscapes are mainly hillslopes with streams occupying less than 10# of drainage-basin areas. This book emphasizes tectonic geomorphology of hills, and treats the network of stream channels as the connecting link between upstream and downstream parts of a fluvial system. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations maps. BIC Classification: RBGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190121
- ISBN
- 9781405190121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.25
€ 105.25
hardcover. This text reviews the state of knowledge on the management of vertisols in Africa, with comparative chapters covering other parts of the world. Editor(s): Syers, J.K.; Penning de Vries,F.W.T.; Nyamudela, P.; Penning de Vries, F. (IBSRAM, Thailand); Nyamudeza, P. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RBGB; TVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780851994505
- ISBN
- 9780851994505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.05
€ 207.05
hardcover. This volume contains papers from an international conference held by the British Society of Soil Science in Edinburgh in September 1999. It includes exploration of the results of recent research studies examining how organic matter functions in soils. Editor(s): Rees, R. M.; etc.; Ball, B. (Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh); Watson, C. (Scottish Agricultural College, Aberdeen); Campbell, C. (Macauley Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen). Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780851994659
- ISBN
- 9780851994659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.93
€ 237.93