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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... crust . The crust supports the biosphere with its soils , plants , animals , hydrosphere , and atmosphere . Rocks 78-99 Tectonic plates 106-107 Plate boundaries 108-109 Mountains and volcanoes 140-209 SHAPE AND FORM The overall shape of ...
... crust . The crust supports the biosphere with its soils , plants , animals , hydrosphere , and atmosphere . Rocks 78-99 Tectonic plates 106-107 Plate boundaries 108-109 Mountains and volcanoes 140-209 SHAPE AND FORM The overall shape of ...
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... crust lies on top of the more rigid mantle , and the boundary between the two is marked by the Mohorovicic seismic discontinuity . Overall , the crust is less dense than the mantle , because its rocks are richer in minerals containing ...
... crust lies on top of the more rigid mantle , and the boundary between the two is marked by the Mohorovicic seismic discontinuity . Overall , the crust is less dense than the mantle , because its rocks are richer in minerals containing ...
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James F. Luhr. OCEANIC CRUST ANDESITE CONES , JAVA When the energy released by subduction of oceanic crust partially melts mantle rocks , it can trigger the formation of curved chains of island volcanoes . The oceanic crust forms over ...
James F. Luhr. OCEANIC CRUST ANDESITE CONES , JAVA When the energy released by subduction of oceanic crust partially melts mantle rocks , it can trigger the formation of curved chains of island volcanoes . The oceanic crust forms over ...
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