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Earth Sciences
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Cambridge University Press Publishes across the full range of the earth and environmental sciences and at all levels, from popular science and undergraduate textbooks through to graduate texts and monographs. Our list is particularly strong in solid earth geophysics, atmospheric science, hydrology and environmental science. |
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The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs
David E. Fastovsky, David B. Weishampel, Illustrated by John Sibbick
Written for non-specialists, this detailed survey of dinosaur origins, diversity, and extinction is designed as a series of successive essays covering important and timely topics in dinosaur paleobiology.
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Origins of Life in the Universe
Robert Jastrow, Michael Rampino
This concise and beautifully illustrated book traces the evolution of the Cosmos from the Big Bang to the development of intelligent life on Earth, conveying clear science in an engaging narrative.
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$50.00 (X) |
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An Introduction to the Earth-Life System
Charles Cockell, Richard Corfield, Neil Edwards, Nigel Harris
This concise undergraduate textbook brings together Earth and biological sciences to explore the co-evolution of the Earth and life over geological time.
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$60.00 (X) |
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An Introduction to Our Dynamic Planet
Nick Rogers, Stephen Blake , Kevin Burton, Mike Widdowson, Ian Parkinson, Nigel Harris
This is the first undergraduate textbook to fully integrate results from geophysics, geochemistry, and petrology to describe the structure, composition, and dynamic processes that operate throughout the solid Earth.
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Isotope Geology
Claude J. Allègre, Translated by Christopher Sutcliffe
Radiogenic and stable isotopes are used widely in the earth sciences to determine the ages of rocks, meteorites and archeological objects, and as tracers to understand geological and environmental processes.
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$80.00 (Z) |
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Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Anthony Philpotts, Jay Ague
This textbook provides a basic understanding of the formative processes of igneous and metamorphic rock through quantitative applications of simple physical and chemical principles.
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$90.00 (X) |
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Principles of Metamorphic Petrology
R. H. Vernon, G. L. Clarke
Principles of Metamorphic Petrology provides a modern introduction to the latest ideas, techniques and approaches in the study of metamorphic rocks.
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$70.00 (X)
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Earth Surface Processes, Landforms and Sediment Deposits
John Bridge, Robert Demicco
Earth surface processes, landforms and sediment deposits are intimately related - involving erosion of rocks, generation of sediment, and transport and deposition of sediment through various Earth surface environments.
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Geological Fluid Dynamics
Sub-surface Flow and Reactions
Owen M. Phillips
This book is the long-awaited successor to Owen Phillips’s classic textbook, Flow and Reactions in Permeable Rocks, published in 1991.
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$80.00 (Z) |
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The Concise Geologic Time Scale
James G. Ogg, Gabi Ogg, Felix M. Gradstein
This concise handbook presents a summary of Earth’s history over the past 4.5 billion years as well as a brief overview of contemporaneous events on the Moon, Mars and Venus.
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$40.00 (Z) |
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Physics of the Earth
Frank D. Stacey, Paul M. Davis
The fourth edition of Physics of the Earth maintains the original philosophy of this classic graduate textbook on fundamental solid earth geophysics, while being completely revised, updated, and restructured into a more modular format to make individual topics even more accessible.
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Ecological Climatology
Concepts and Applications
Gordon B. Bonan
This book introduces an interdisciplinary framework to understand the interaction between terrestrial ecosystems and climate change.
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Mountain Weather and Climate
Roger G. Barry
Mountain Weather and Climate remains the only all-encompassing textbook describing mountain weather and climate processes.
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$160.00 (C) |
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Drinking Water Quality
Problems and Solutions
N. F. Gray
This textbook provides a comprehensive review of the problems associated with the supply of drinking water in the developed world.
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$70.00 (Z) |
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Oil, Water, and Climate
An Introduction
Catherine Gautier
Today’s oil and gas are at record prices, whilst global energy demand is increasing from population and economic development pressures.
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$49.00 (X) |
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