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Earth & Climate Sciences

Selected Titles

Encyclopedia of Coastal Science by Maurice L. Schwartz (Editor); M. Schwartz (Editor)
Publication Date: 2006
Encyclopedia of Geology by Robin Cocks (Editor); Ian Plimer (Editor); Richard C. Selley (Editor)
Publication Date: 2004
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science (second edition) by Scott A. Elias (Editor-In-Chief)
Publication Date: 2013
Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks by Gerard V. Middleton (Editor)
Publication Date: 2005
Encyclopedia of World Climatology by John E. Oliver (Editor)
Publication Date: 2006
Treatise on Geochemistry by Karl K. Turekian (Editor-In-Chief); Heinrich D. Holland (Editor-In-Chief)
Publication Date: 2013

Freely Available Resources

The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units
From the British Geological Society
Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations
A searchable dictionary of over 950 acronyms and abbreviations compiled and maintained by Alwynne B. Beaudoin, University of Alberta.
Glossary of Remote Sensing Terms
From Natural Resources Canada
National Geologic Map Database
U.S. Geological Survey and Association of American State Geologists. The U.S. Geologic Names Lexicon ("Geolex") is a National compilation of names and descriptions of geologic units.

More Selected Titles

Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms by Eric Bird (Editor)
Publication Date: 2010
Encyclopedia of Geomorphology by Andrew Goudie (Editor); Mario Panizza (Foreword by)
Publication Date: 2003
Encyclopedia of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism by David Gubbins (Editor); Emilio Herrero-Bervera (Editor)
Publication Date: 2007
Dictionary of Gems and Gemology by Mohsen Manutchehr-Danai
Publication Date: 2009
Elsevier's Dictionary of Glaciology by V. M. Kotlyakov; N. A. Smolyarova
Publication Date: 1990