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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... pyroclastic- flow , and debris - flow deposits . The nature of each volcanic ... flows can form blocks with jagged , spiny surfaces known by the Hawaiian ... PYROCLASTIC FLOWS Our knowledge of volcanic phenomena such as pyroclastic flows ...
... pyroclastic- flow , and debris - flow deposits . The nature of each volcanic ... flows can form blocks with jagged , spiny surfaces known by the Hawaiian ... PYROCLASTIC FLOWS Our knowledge of volcanic phenomena such as pyroclastic flows ...
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... pyroclastic flows and large - volume lahars . The Aztecs recorded frequent historical eruptions before the arrival of Western explorers in the 15th century , and gave the volcano its name , meaning " smoking mountain . " FERTILE SOILS ...
... pyroclastic flows and large - volume lahars . The Aztecs recorded frequent historical eruptions before the arrival of Western explorers in the 15th century , and gave the volcano its name , meaning " smoking mountain . " FERTILE SOILS ...
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... pyroclastic flows that have devastated cultivated lands and caused many fatalities throughout recorded history . Eruptions of Merapi frequently produce hot , pyroclastic flows , formed by gravitational LAVA DOME A volcanologist examines ...
... pyroclastic flows that have devastated cultivated lands and caused many fatalities throughout recorded history . Eruptions of Merapi frequently produce hot , pyroclastic flows , formed by gravitational LAVA DOME A volcanologist examines ...
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