Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences

Author: (British) Albi
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: "It is truly rare to see such abundant information organized so clearly by the editor of this dictionary, a feat worthy of admiration!" With the continuous deepening of reform and opening-up and the increasing widespread international exchanges, foreign language learning has no longer been limited to the cultivation of language skills. Acquiring professional knowledge and improving professional standards through English, as well as keeping up with the new developments in disciplines, have become the demands of the era. Therefore, there is an urgent need in China for a batch of professional dictionaries compiled in English. The Oxford English Encyclopedic Classification Dictionary Series is a set of reference books organized and compiled by Oxford University Press. The Oxford English Encyclopedic Classification Dictionary Series is a set of reference books organized and compiled by Oxford University Press. This series covers nearly 100 disciplines in social sciences such as linguistics, literature, culture, art, sociology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, food and nutrition, and computer science, all written by highly accomplished and experienced experts. As a batch, we have selected 52 of them to meet the needs of domestic readers. The dictionaries use simple English to accurately explain common professional terms, fully embodying the rigorous tradition of Oxford University Press in publishing reference books. This series of dictionaries can serve as reference books for students of various majors in colleges and universities, as well as for professional technicians to learn professional knowledge and improve their professional English skills. This dictionary is currently the most authoritative and most comprehensive standalone reference book for earth science, assisted by a panel of experts in the field, and the new edition has undergone substantial revisions and updates. This dictionary is an essential reference book for students of geological science, especially for interdisciplinary students. It includes over 6,000 entries, with added material on planetary science, remote sensing, statistics, and stratigraphy, as well as updates to paleontology, mineralogy, and geophysics. It comprehensively covers fields such as climatology, economic geology, geochemistry, oceanography, petrology, and volcanology. The appendices have been expanded, with additional content on wind intensity and a geological time scale.