A compact and easy-to-use compilation of fundamental facts and figures about the Earth - for students, researchers and professionals.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Paul Henderson is an Honorary Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London and was previously Head of the Department of Mineralogy and Director of Science at the Natural History Museum. He was President of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1990-2) and Vice President of the Geological Society of London (2002-8). Professor Henderson's research interests focus on the geochemistry of igneous and related rocks, and he is the author of the textbook Inorganic Geochemistry (1982) and the editor of Rare Earth Element Geochemistry (1984).
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Preface Acknowledgements 1. The solar system 2. Solid Earth 3. Geophysics 4. Aqueous Earth 5. Gaseous Earth 6. Biological Earth, element cycles 7. Earth history 8. Chemistry and isotopes 9. Crystallography and mineralogy 10. Resources 11. Hazards Appendices Index.
