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 112
... Erosion and transport 213 Underground erosion 252 THE PROCESSES BY WHICH soil and rock material are loosened , dissolved , and removed from any part of the Earth's surface are known collectively as erosion ( from the Latin erodere ...
... Erosion and transport 213 Underground erosion 252 THE PROCESSES BY WHICH soil and rock material are loosened , dissolved , and removed from any part of the Earth's surface are known collectively as erosion ( from the Latin erodere ...
Page 113
... erosion , sculpting rocks into a variety of shapes . These include ventifacts , which are rocks that have been blasted by particles carried within the air flow , and yardangs , which are wind - shaped desert ridges ... Erosion 110-11.
... erosion , sculpting rocks into a variety of shapes . These include ventifacts , which are rocks that have been blasted by particles carried within the air flow , and yardangs , which are wind - shaped desert ridges ... Erosion 110-11.
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... EROSION Energy for the processes of coastal erosion is supplied mainly by waves and currents . As they beat against cliffs , waves compress air within cracks in rocks , and on re - expansion the air can shatter the rock . Mechanical erosion ...
... EROSION Energy for the processes of coastal erosion is supplied mainly by waves and currents . As they beat against cliffs , waves compress air within cracks in rocks , and on re - expansion the air can shatter the rock . Mechanical erosion ...
Contents
MANAGING EDITOR Amanda Lebentz | 6 |
THE EARTH IN SPACE | 43 |
THE ANATOMY OF THE EARTH | 53 |
Copyright | |
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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