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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... ice sheets , and somewhat smaller glaciers called ice caps , almost totally submerge the landscapes on which they lie . These glaciers are slightly dome - shaped . Driven by gravity , the ice in them flows outward from their centers ...
... ice sheets , and somewhat smaller glaciers called ice caps , almost totally submerge the landscapes on which they lie . These glaciers are slightly dome - shaped . Driven by gravity , the ice in them flows outward from their centers ...
Page 278
... Ice Sheet LOCATION Covering most of the continent of Antarctica and extending over the sea as ice shelves WEDDELL SEA Lesser Antarctica Peninsula SOUTHERN ERN OCEAN Transa ROSS SEA SOUTHERN OCEAN Greater Antarctica Mountains TYPE Ice sheet ...
... Ice Sheet LOCATION Covering most of the continent of Antarctica and extending over the sea as ice shelves WEDDELL SEA Lesser Antarctica Peninsula SOUTHERN ERN OCEAN Transa ROSS SEA SOUTHERN OCEAN Greater Antarctica Mountains TYPE Ice sheet ...
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... population up to 3,000 . SOUTHERN OCEAN WEDDELL SEA ANTARCTIC PENINSULA TRAN WEST ANTARCTIC MO ICE SHEET BENTLEY SUBGLACIAL TRENCH ROSS ICE SHELF SOUTHERN OCEAN CROZET ISLANDS One of the most remote island. TECTONIC EARTH.
... population up to 3,000 . SOUTHERN OCEAN WEDDELL SEA ANTARCTIC PENINSULA TRAN WEST ANTARCTIC MO ICE SHEET BENTLEY SUBGLACIAL TRENCH ROSS ICE SHELF SOUTHERN OCEAN CROZET ISLANDS One of the most remote island. TECTONIC EARTH.
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