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003			OCoLC
005			20180722204046.0
008			030605s2004 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2003055213
020			_a023112578X (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a0231125798 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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035			_a(OCoLC)52430862
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100	1		_aMathez, Edmond A. _998834
245	1	4	_aThe earth machine : _bthe science of a dynamic planet / _cEdmond A. Mathez and James D. Webster.
260			_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press, _cc2004.
300			_axiv, 335 p. : _bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; _c27 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-321) and index.
505	0		_aPart I: How has Earth evolved? -- The birth of planet Earth -- Learning the age of Earth -- The evolution of continents -- Life and conditions on early Earth -- Reading rocks: the story of the Grand Canyon -- Part II: Why are there ocean basins, continents, and mountains? -- Internal Earth -- Plate tectonics -- Lavas from the depths of Earth -- Great explosive volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Mountains -- The Alps -- Part III: What causes Earth's climate and climate change? -- The atmosphere -- The world ocean -- The geological record of climate change -- Part IV: Why is Earth habitable? -- Conditions for life -- Black smokers from the deep -- Some natural resources and how they form.
520			_aBased around the exhibits presented at the American Museum of Natural History's Hall of Planet Earth, this book describes the science of how the earth works, from its core out to the far reaches of the atmosphere.
651		0	_aEarth (Planet) _954023
700	1		_aWebster, James D. _998835
942			_cBOOK _014
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