عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QE711.2 .E75 2000
QE711
.
2
.
E75
2000
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0816042365
(Number (ISBN
0816042373
(Number (ISBN
9780816042364
(Number (ISBN
9780816042371
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b747460
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
An introduction to fossils and minerals :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
seeking clues to the earth's past.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Rev. ed. /
Statement of Responsibility Relating to Edition
Jon Erickson ; foreword by Donald R. Coates.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Facts on File,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiv, 272 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
The living earth
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Fossil preservation -- Tracks, trails, and footprints -- Marine fossils: Creatures preserved from the sea : Protistids -- Sponges -- Coelenterates -- Bryozoans -- Brachiopods -- Mollusks -- Annelids -- Arthropods -- Echinoderms -- Vertebrates -- Terrestrial fossils: creatures preserved from the land : Land plants -- Amphibians -- Reptiles -- Dinosaurs -- Birds -- Mammals -- Crystals and minerals: basic building blocks of rocks : Crystals -- Identification of minerals -- The rock-forming minerals -- Ore deposits.
Text of Note
Gems and precious metals: minerals of great value : Quartz gems -- Transparent gems -- Opaque gems -- Diamonds -- Gold and silver -- Precious metals and rare earths -- The rare and unusual: rocks with unique properties : Rocks that follow the sun -- Minerals that reverse themselves -- Halos of stone -- Whistling stones -- Stone pillars -- Minerals that glow in the dark -- Lightning fast glass -- Stones from the sky -- Where fossils and minerals are found : Fossil-bearing rocks -- Mineral-bearing rocks -- Geologic maps -- Collecting fossils and minerals.
Text of Note
The earth's history: understanding our planet's past : The precambrian era -- The paleozoic era -- The mesozoic era -- The cenosoic era -- The pleistocene ice age -- Clues to the past: The principles of paleontology : Keys to the history of life -- Evidence for evolution -- Mass extinctions -- Geologic age dating -- The geologic time scale -- Rock types: the rock-forming process : Igneous rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- Fossil formation: the preservation of past life : The fossil family tree -- The sedimentary environment.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Discusses the Earth's early history, marine and terrestrial fossils, crystals and minerals, rock types, and gems and precious metals.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Fossils and minerals
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Fossils.
Geology.
Minerals.
Fossiles.
Minéraux.
Fossils.
Fossils.
Geology.
Geology.
Minerals.
Minerals.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
560
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QE711
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2
Book number
.
E75
2000
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Erickson, Jon,1948-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201204073127.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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