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"Earths Resources: Rocks Paperback"

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This series examines the raw materials and resources that people depend on for their way of life. With illustrations. Paperback, Weight: 788g.
Author:  Ian Graham
ISBN:  0431115613
Publisher:  Pearson Education, Oxford
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Petrology

"Earths Resources: Soil Paperback"

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This series examines the raw materials and resources that people depend on for their way of life. With illustrations. Paperback, Weight: 788g.
Author:  Ian Graham
ISBN:  0431115621
Publisher:  Pearson Education, Oxford
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Petrology

"Igneous Petrology"

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With illustrations. 3 rev ed. Hardback, Size: 237 x 180 mm. Weight: 1025g.
Author:  McBirney, Alexander R.
ISBN:  0763734489
Publisher:  Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Date:  2006  (United States)
Readership:  Undergraduate Petrology

"Sedimentary Rocks in the Field"

A Colour Guide

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Useful to students and professional geologists alike, this book covers field techniques, identification of rock types, recognition of sediment characteristics and preliminary interpretation. With 0. Hardback, 320 pages. Size: 220 x 157 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author:  Stow, Dorrick
ISBN:  1874545685
Publisher:  Manson Publishing Ltd
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Petrology

"Petrophysics"

Theory and Practice of Measuring Reservoir Rock and Fluid Transport Properties

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The petroleum geologist and engineer must have a working knowledge of petrophysics in order to find oil reservoirs, devise the best plan for getting it out of the ground, then start drilling. This book offers a manual to accomplish these goals, and provides calculations and formulas on fluid flow, rock properties, and other related topics. With illustrations. 2 rev ed. Hardback, 880 pages. Size: 254 x 178 mm. Weight: 2033g.
Author:  Tiab, Djebbar Donaldson, Erle C.
ISBN:  0750677112
Publisher:  Elsevier Science & Technology
Date:  2004  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Petrology

"Sedimentary Petrology"

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Intends to provide a concise account of the composition, mineralogy, textures, structures, diagenesis and depositional environments of sedimentary rocks. This book includes 16 plates with 54 colour photomicrographs of sedimentary rocks in thin-section. It is suitable for earth science undergraduates studying sedimentary petrology. With 343. 3 rev ed. Paperback, 272 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 698g.
Author:  Tucker, Maurice E.
ISBN:  0632057351
Publisher:  Blackwell Science Ltd
Date:  2001  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Petrology

"Igneous Petrogenesis"

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With line illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 466 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 1220g.
Author:  Wilson, Marjorie
ISBN:  0412533103
Publisher:  Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Date:  1992  (Netherlands)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Petrology

"Mind Over Magma"

The Story of Igneous Petrology

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Chronicles the scientific effort to unravel the mysteries of rocks that solidified on or beneath Earth's surface from the intensely hot, molten material called magma. This book traces the development of igneous petrology. It considers the professionalization and Anglicization of the field. With 20 halftones. 38 line illus.. Hardback, 704 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 1171g.
Author:  Young, Davis A.
ISBN:  0691102791
Publisher:  University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date:  2003  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Petrology

"The Mammoth Book of How It Happened"

Everest

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Begining with the 1921 attempt on the summit of Everest through to the disasters of the 1990s, this work features 30 white-knuckle accounts of climbing endeavour on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world. Paperback, 512 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 378g.
Author:  (Lewis, Jon E., ed.)
ISBN:  184119719X
Publisher:  Constable and Robinson
Date:  2003  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Physical Geography: Mountains

"Mountains"

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"Supercubes" series; Mountains invites us into a world of intense beauty and timelessness as we gaze at hundreds of pictures of mountains form unique angles and hear the stories of those who climb or live on them. This book presents various aspects of mountains, both from a human point of view and in terms of visual beauty. With illustrations. Revised. Hardback, 736 pages. Size: 255 x 255 mm. Weight: 2312g.
Author:  (De Fabianis, Valeria. M, ed.)
ISBN:  8854403512
Publisher:  White Star
Date:  2008  (Italy)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Physical Geography: Mountains

"On This Mountain"

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A celebration of the mountains of Wales. Scaling verbal and visual heights, it combines writing and photography. With photographs. Hardback, 120 pages. Weight: 782g.
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ISBN:  1843239167
Publisher:  Gomer Press
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Physical Geography: Mountains

"Flying the Mountains"

A Training Manual for Flying Single-Engine Aircraft

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Explains the difficulties and dangers of mountain flying in small aircraft and how appropriate and precise training in this category can increase safety, proficiency and success in mountain flying operations. This book covers various phases of flight - preflight preparation, takeoff, climb, departure, and enroute terrain encounters. With 50ill.. Paperback, 332 pages. Size: 226 x 149 mm. Weight: 570g.
Author:  Anderson, Fletcher Fairchild
ISBN:  0071410538
Publisher:  McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Date:  2003  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Physical Geography: Mountains

"Scafell"

Portrait of a Mountain

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First-ever portrait of Scafell in all its moods and approaches, by prize-winning photographer and climber Bill Birkett. With 250 colour photographs. Hardback, 176 pages. Size: 305 x 250 mm. Weight: 1444g.
Author:  Birkett, Bill
ISBN:  0711227241
Publisher:  Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Physical Geography: Mountains

"Everest"

Mountain Without Mercy

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More than 125 full-color photographs, including spectacular IMAX images, and firsthand accounts by survivors chronicle the fateful 1996 expedition to climb Everest, a tragic trek that ended up claiming eight lives, including two of the world's leading mountaineers. Reprint. With colour photos. New ed. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 305 x 229 mm. Weight: 1086g.
Author:  Coburn, Broughton Cahill, Tim
ISBN:  0792269845
Publisher:  National Geographic Books
Date:  2003  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Physical Geography: Mountains

"Snowdonia - Park Under Pressure"

The Story of Snowdonia National Park and the Snowdonia Society

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Llwyd, Betsan (trans.) The story of the Snowdonia National Park and the Society, dedicated to conserving and enhancing its unique landscape, is one which will fascinate and inform those who live and work within it as well as being of interest to visitors. Commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the Snowdonia Society and is a record of its sometimes turbulent history. With colour photos and maps. Paperback, 92 pages. Size: 200 x 230 mm. Weight: 433g.
Author:  Collister, Rob
ISBN:  1906095019
Publisher:  Pesda Press
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Physical Geography: Mountains

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