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 113
... wind . Material that is carried by wind is in itself an effective agent of 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 ...
... wind . Material that is carried by wind is in itself an effective agent of 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 ...
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... wind in the upper troposphere . They occur at the top of fronts , marking the boundary between air masses at different temperatures ( see pp.460-61 ) . Since they are produced by a temperature difference , they are also known as thermal ...
... wind in the upper troposphere . They occur at the top of fronts , marking the boundary between air masses at different temperatures ( see pp.460-61 ) . Since they are produced by a temperature difference , they are also known as thermal ...
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... wind direction or speed changes with height , to remove rising air . The Coriolis effect makes the winds spiral . These conditions occur mainly in late summer , when the sea is warm , between latitudes 5 ° and 20 ° . A disturbance in the ...
... wind direction or speed changes with height , to remove rising air . The Coriolis effect makes the winds spiral . These conditions occur mainly in late summer , when the sea is warm , between latitudes 5 ° and 20 ° . A disturbance in the ...
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