Encyclopedia of Geology

RR 2001/97 Encyclopedia of Geology Edited by Roger Smith Fitzroy Dearborn Chicago, IL and London 1999 528 pp. ISBN 1 57958 188 9

L85.00

Also published In the USA by Salem Press

Keyword Geology

Here we have 87 articles, each of around 3,500 words, covering all the major topics in geology from alluvial systems to weathering and erosion by way of glaciers, fossils, folds, caves and volcanoes. The articles are laid out in a consistent form. There is a brief definition, an explanation of principal terms, a summary of what is known about the topic, a description of the methods of study and a concluding section which puts the topic in context in the...