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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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$75.00

 

Add to basket 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)

 

Add to basket 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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Add to basket 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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Add to basket 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)

 

Add to basket 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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Add to basket 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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Add to basket 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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Add to basket 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)

 

Add to basket 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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Add to basket 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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Add to basket 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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Add to basket 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)

 

Add to basket 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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Add to basket 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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