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    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
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    Everyone's Guide to The Science of Climate Change

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  • Descriptive Physical Oceanography

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    Descriptive Physical Oceanography, Sixth Edition, provides an introduction to the field with an emphasis on large-scale oceanography based mainly on observations. Topics covered include the physical properties of seawater, heat and salt budgets, instrumentation, data analysis methods, introductory dynamics, oceanography and climate variability of each of the oceans and of the global ocean, and ... Leer más

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  • Tectonic Geomorphology

    Tectonic geomorphology is the study of the interplay between tectonic and surface processes that shape the landscape in regions of active deformation and at time scales ranging from days to millions of years. Over the past decade, recent advances in the quantification of both rates and the physical basis of tectonic and surface processes have underpinned an explosion of new research in the field ... Leer más

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  • The Cryosphere

    Series series Princeton Primers in Climate
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  • The Oceans

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  • Encyclopedia of Volcanoes

    Volcanoes are unquestionably one of the most spectacular and awe-inspiring features of the physical world. Our paradoxical fascination with them stems from their majestic beauty and powerful, if sometimes deadly, destructiveness. Notwithstanding the tremendous advances in volcanology since ancient times, some of the mystery surrounding volcanic eruptions remains today. The Encyclopedia of ... Leer más

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  • Geomorphology

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    Series series Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
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