EarthJames F. Luhr In the best-selling tradition of Smithsonian Animal, this extraordinary survey of our planet provides unrivaled insight into the forces and processes that formed our environment and which continue to influence its evolution. With thousands of breathtaking photographs and unique visual catalogues of the features and phenomena that take place on Earth--such as rocks, minerals, and mountains to tropical rainforests and the different types of clouds--Earth contains the most up-to-date ideas on how our world works, a compelling review on the health of the planet, and unbelievable images of the world's most stunning features. |
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Page 63
... contain a much higher iron content , perhaps 50 percent , if extracting it from the ground is to be a viable proposition . ROCK - FORMING MINERALS The most abundant elements in the Earth's crust are oxygen and silicon , at 46.6 and 27.7 ...
... contain a much higher iron content , perhaps 50 percent , if extracting it from the ground is to be a viable proposition . ROCK - FORMING MINERALS The most abundant elements in the Earth's crust are oxygen and silicon , at 46.6 and 27.7 ...
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... contain disease - carrying microorganisms . Normally , clean and waste water are kept apart during water treatment and waste management , but if this separation is breached for example , through lack of sanitation waterborne diseases ...
... contain disease - carrying microorganisms . Normally , clean and waste water are kept apart during water treatment and waste management , but if this separation is breached for example , through lack of sanitation waterborne diseases ...
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... contain only water droplets , and mixed clouds contain both . Snowflakes form if ice crystals and water droplets cool to below freezing . Water evaporates from the droplets and is deposited on the ice crystals , which collide and form ...
... contain only water droplets , and mixed clouds contain both . Snowflakes form if ice crystals and water droplets cool to below freezing . Water evaporates from the droplets and is deposited on the ice crystals , which collide and form ...
Contents
MANAGING EDITOR Amanda Lebentz | 6 |
THE EARTH IN SPACE | 43 |
THE ANATOMY OF THE EARTH | 53 |
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Africa Antarctica Arctic Asia ATLANTIC OCEAN atmosphere Australia basaltic Basin boundary calcite carbon cave China climate cloud coast COLOR COMPOSITION contain continental cool coral Corbis crater crust CRYSTAL SYSTEM deep deposits desert Earth Earth's surface earthquake east erosion eruptions Europe evaporation fault flows forest fossil glacier glacier TERMINUS grains grasslands Gulf heat ice sheet igneous rocks impact intrusions island Lake land landscape largest lava layers limestone LOCATION magma mantle MAXIMUM DEPTH metamorphic meteorite million square km million years ago minerals mountains North America northern northwest occurs oceanic crust PACIFIC OCEAN Pacific Plate percent plants Plateau produce pyroclastic flows rain rainfall rainforest range reefs region ridges Rift rise river sand sea level sediment sedimentary rocks soil solar South southeast southern species square miles Stratovolcano streams subduction tectonic plates temperature trees tropical TYPE valley volcanic warm weathering wetlands wind world's zone