Terms are easy to find and the definitions are exact and to the point and where needed are explained in detail. The description of minerals is particularly helpful.

Whether a complete beginner, a college student, or a seasoned professional, this book will fill the gaps in background knowledge and make geology easy to understand for everyone (less)

It is hoped that the book would be useful to the students and teachers of Geology at various levels (less)

Terms are easy to find and the definitions are exact and to the point and where needed are explained in detail. The description of minerals is particularly helpful.

Whether a complete beginner, a college student, or a seasoned professional, this book will fill the gaps in background knowledge and make geology easy to understand for everyone (less)

The definitions given are up-to-date and where applicable follow those of the International Union of geological sciences. The stratigraohic data, classification and nomenclature are the latest and comply with those given by the International Commission on stratigraphy 2004 not found so far in any current dictionary or glossary.

Where necessary, a brief background history of the term is given (less)

Also includes information of key geologists who have enriched this science with their contributions (less)

A number of obsolete and popular terms have been included since the former may be encountered in older works frequently still in use and, the latter in some of the books and articles which purport to explain geological terms, stratigraphical divisions (other than periods) restricted to stage names. Local stratigraphic names have been purposively avoided.

About the Book: The dictionary covers terms which have been carefully selected from the various branches of geology such as geomorphology, geophysics, geochemistry, mineralogy, hydrology, petrology, etc. All these terms have been explained with their specific geological meanings.

A number of obsolete and popular terms have been included since the former may be encountered in older works frequently still in use and, the latter in some of the books and articles which purport to explain geological terms, stratigraphical divisions (other than periods) restricted to stage names. Local stratigraphic names have been purposively avoided.

Deliverable Countries : This product ships to About the Book: The dictionary covers terms which have been carefully selected from the various branches of geology such as geomorphology, geophysics, geochemistry, mineralogy, hydrology, petrology, etc. All these terms have been explained with their specific geological meanings.

A number of obsolete and popular terms have been included since the former may be encountered in older works frequently still in use and, the latter in some of the books and articles which purport to explain geological terms, stratigraphical divisions (other than periods) restricted to stage names. Local stratigraphic names have been purposively avoided.

Deliverable Countries : This product ships to About the Book: The dictionary covers terms which have been carefully selected from the various branches of geology such as geomorphology, geophysics, geochemistry, mineralogy, hydrology, petrology, etc. All these terms have been explained with their specific geological meanings.

A number of obsolete and popular terms have been included since the former may be encountered in older works frequently still in use and, the latter in some of the books and articles which purport to explain geological terms, stratigraphical divisions (other than periods) restricted to stage names. Local stratigraphic names have been purposively avoided.

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students of geology,this introductory text develops a basic understanding of the Earth as a complex, evolving system of geological processes. This book will also be of immense use to those postgraduate students of geology who opt for this stream after graduating in disciplines other than geology.

Geology as a science has recently gained increasing importance because of the current developments in oil and mineral exploration and also because of recent occurrences of earthquakes and tsunamis (less)

Many of topics covered here are new and not available in most books on the subject. This increases the usefulness of the book for interested readers (less)

The definitions given are up-to-date and where applicable follow those of the International Union of geological sciences. The stratigraohic data, classification and nomenclature are the latest and comply with those given by the International Commission on stratigraphy 2004 not found so far in any current dictionary or glossary.

Where necessary, a brief background history of the term is given (less)

The author's excellent way of the tackling the topics makes this a standard textbook for both undergraduate and postgraduate students (less)

A goal of this book is to bridge the gap between older, less quantitative, texts and newer, but more advanced, mathematical structural geology books (less)

THE COURSE BUILDS ON A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF GEOLOGY BY RELATING GEOLOGY TO ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS AND CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS (less)