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" Super Earth encyclopedia / "
author, John Woodward ; Smithsonian consultant, Jeffery E. Post, Ph. D. ; general consultant, Professor Iain Stewart.
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BL
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850023
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| Main Entry
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Woodward, John,1954-
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| Title & Author
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Super Earth encyclopedia /\ author, John Woodward ; Smithsonian consultant, Jeffery E. Post, Ph. D. ; general consultant, Professor Iain Stewart.
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| Edition Statement
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First American edition.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, New York :: DK Publishing,, [2017]
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, ©2017
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207 pages :: color illustrations, color maps ;; 31 cm
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1465461876
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: 9781465461872
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| Notes
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At head of title: DK Smithsonian.
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Unique earth: Earth in space -- Layered planet -- Dynamic Earth -- Spreading rifts -- Collision zones -- Earthquakes -- Volcanoes -- Superheated water -- Rocky planet -- Formidable formations: Andes mountain range -- San Andreas Fault -- Uluru -- Mount Everest -- Namib Desert Dunes -- Giant's Causeway -- Grand Canyon -- Salar De Uyuni -- Fairy Chimneys -- Atacama Desert -- White Desert -- Forest of Knives -- Great Rift Valley -- Mount Roraima -- Antelope Canyon -- Fire and steam: Kilauea -- Hawaiian Island Chain -- Erta Ale -- Dallol Hot Springs -- Rotorua -- Black Smokers -- Volcanic Java -- Mount Etna -- Yellowstone Caldera -- Frozen world: Kaskawulsh Glacier -- Ice-age Scars -- Norwegian Fjords -- Mendenhall Glacier -- Antarctica -- Icebergs -- Frost flowers -- Lake Baikal -- Water world: Victoria Falls -- Hang Son Doong -- Amazon River -- Dead Sea -- Cano Cristales -- Pamukkale -- Great Barrier Reef -- Ganges Delta -- Angel Falls -- Great Blue Hole -- Lake Natron -- Extreme weather: Thunderstorm -- Supercell -- Tornado -- Microburst -- Hurricane -- Ice storm -- Fire devil -- Aurora Borealis -- South Asian Monsoon -- Dust storm -- Disaster zones: Philippine earthquake -- Japanese tsunami -- Pompeii -- Mount Pinatubo -- Black Saturday bushfires -- Hurricane Katrina -- Sahel drought -- Living earth: Rainforest -- Savanna -- Desert -- Temperate forest -- Boreal forest -- Tundra -- Marine habitats.
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| Abstract
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Presents a tour of Earth's natural structures, weather patterns, ocean phenomena, and constantly changing features.
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Earth sciences, Juvenile literature.
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Earth sciences.
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Earth sciences.
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Earth sciences.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION-- Science Nature-- Earth Sciences.
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550
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QE29.W663 2017
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Post, Jeffery E.
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Stewart, Iain S.
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