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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... cool , and then sink again in a circular motion , moving the plates along as it does so . mantle plume rises from lower plate dragged along by convection current upper mantle mantle to form hot spot lower mantle HOW PLATES MOVE The ...
... cool , and then sink again in a circular motion , moving the plates along as it does so . mantle plume rises from lower plate dragged along by convection current upper mantle mantle to form hot spot lower mantle HOW PLATES MOVE The ...
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... Cool , temperate maritime climates Warm , temperate climates Cool , temperate continental climates Cold climates Mountain climates ATMOSPHERE CLIMATIC BOUNDARY The Sneffels Mountains in Colorado are visibly colder than the San Juan ...
... Cool , temperate maritime climates Warm , temperate climates Cool , temperate continental climates Cold climates Mountain climates ATMOSPHERE CLIMATIC BOUNDARY The Sneffels Mountains in Colorado are visibly colder than the San Juan ...
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... cool air masses with high - pressure systems . Over the course of a year , the distribution of air masses and pressure systems changes . These shifts can have significant effects on the weather . For example , continental air is hot in ...
... cool air masses with high - pressure systems . Over the course of a year , the distribution of air masses and pressure systems changes . These shifts can have significant effects on the weather . For example , continental air is hot in ...
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