Dictionary of Geological Terms by Robert L. Bates

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Dictionary of Geological Terms by Robert L. Bates

From "Aa" to"Zweikanter," this popular dictionary has now been revised and updated. This edition includes over 1,000 new terms plus:
-accurate definitions without technical jargon
-many word origins
-hyphenation and pronunciation guide
-commonly used abbreviations
-a geologic time and life chart
The definitions in this book are drawn largely from the autoritative 36,000-term "Glossary Of Geology," to which nearly 150 specialists from all fields of the geosciences contributed. Both the "Glossary" and this "Dictionary" were prepared as a service of the American Geological Institute, a federation of geoscience societies united to provide information to the science community and the public.