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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... sea level . Oceanic crust is continually formed from mantle material within long rifts known as spreading ridges ( see p.108 ) . Here , the mantle is rising , heating , and expanding the overlying rocks to form an elevated submarine ...
... sea level . Oceanic crust is continually formed from mantle material within long rifts known as spreading ridges ( see p.108 ) . Here , the mantle is rising , heating , and expanding the overlying rocks to form an elevated submarine ...
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... Sea 3,120 ft ( 950 m ) ELEVATION 100 ft ( 30 m ) below sea level OIL EXTRACTION The Caspian Sea has proven oil reserves that equal those of the US , and the region is rapidly being transformed by the oil industry . Oil extraction was ...
... Sea 3,120 ft ( 950 m ) ELEVATION 100 ft ( 30 m ) below sea level OIL EXTRACTION The Caspian Sea has proven oil reserves that equal those of the US , and the region is rapidly being transformed by the oil industry . Oil extraction was ...
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... Sea LOCATION North of the Red Sea , bordered to the west by Israel and to the east by Jordan Dead Sea Jerusalem AREA 313 square miles ( 810 square km ) MAXIMUM DEPTH 1,084 ft ( 330 m ) ELEVATION 1,329 ft ( 405 m ) below sea level ...
... Sea LOCATION North of the Red Sea , bordered to the west by Israel and to the east by Jordan Dead Sea Jerusalem AREA 313 square miles ( 810 square km ) MAXIMUM DEPTH 1,084 ft ( 330 m ) ELEVATION 1,329 ft ( 405 m ) below sea level ...
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