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BL
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800306
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b620367
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edited by John P. Rafferty.
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Rocks\ edited by John P. Rafferty.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY: Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2012
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Geology--landforms, minerals and rocks.
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(276 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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1615305416
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: 9781615305414
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| Contents
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BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 A WORLD OF ROCK; CHAPTER 2 IGNEOUS ROCK; CHAPTER 3 SEDIMENTARY ROCK; CHAPTER 4 METAMORPHIC ROCK; APPENDIX: GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; BACK COVER.
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| Abstract
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Often concealing millennia worth of Earth's history, rocks seem to project an impression of durability and permanence that belies their transformation over time. Seen in all shapes and sizes and found in many of the planet's ecosystems, rocks have been subject to various natural forces that have affected such attributes as their elasticity, strength, and ductility (that is, their ability to be fashioned into a new form). The general properties as well as the three major categories of rock-igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic-are all examined in depth in this penetrating volume.
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NATURE -- Rocks Minerals.
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Petrology.
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Rocks.
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John P Rafferty
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