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Earth Sciences: Reference

A guide to the key resources for the academic study of earth sciences.
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General Earth Science Reference Works

  • Encyclopedia of Earth Science Series
    A series of separate, single-volume encyclopedias, each of which deals with a separate branch of the earth sciences (e.g., geomorphology, sedimentology).
  • A dictionary of geology & earth sciences This link opens in a new window
    Searchable database providing coverage of the earth sciences and related topics, including geology, oceanography, paleontology, minerology, volcanology, and planetary science as well as climatology, geochemistry, and petrology
  • Encyclopedia of Geology This link opens in a new window
    Covers all aspects of geology including earth history, earth materials, surface processes, regional geology, economic geology, engineering geology, petroleum geology, geochemical and mineral exploration, and the history of geology.
  • Cover Art Glossary of Geology by Klaus K. E. Neuendorf
    Call Number: Stacks QE5 .B38 2005
    ISBN: 9780922152766
    Publication Date: 2005
  • Cover Art The Cambridge handbook of earth science data by Paul Henderson, Gideon Henderson
    Call Number: Electronic Resource
    Publication Date: 2009
    Also available in print at Baker-Berry library: QE26.3 .H45 2009
  • Cover Art Geological Structures and Maps by Richard J. Lisle
    Call Number: Online Resource
    ISBN: 9780128180259
    Publication Date: 2020

Reference Works for Sub-Disciplines of Earth Sciences

  • Treatise on Geophysics This link opens in a new window
    A comprehensive, integrated summary of geophysics. Review chapters summarize research and provide key references in all major areas of solid-earth geophysics.
  • Cover Art An Introduction to the Rock-Forming Minerals by W. A. Deer, FRS; R. A. Howie; J. Zussman
    Call Number: Online Resource
    ISBN: 9780903056434
    Publication Date: 2013
  • Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences This link opens in a new window
    Articles ranging from the physical processes that drive the oceans to the chemical, biological, and geological disciplines. Also addresses social and economic issues such as global programs, marine policy, law of the oceans, and the impact of pollution and climate systems.
  • Treatise on Geochemistry This link opens in a new window
    A comprehensive, integrated summary of geochemistry. Review chapters summarize research and provide key references in nine major areas of geochemistry.
  • Cover Art Encyclopedia of Geochemistry by Clare P. Marshall (Editor); Rhodes W. Fairbridge (Editor)
    Call Number: Stacks QE515 .E48 1999
    ISBN: 9780412755002
    Publication Date: 1999
  • Encyclopedia Arctica by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, ed.
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    Call Number: Electronic resource
    A 16-volume Arctic encyclopedia, sponsored in the 1940s by the U.S. Office of Naval Research and never published.  General editor Vilhjalmur Stefansson was a Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnologist, and Director of Polar Studies at Dartmouth College.
  • Cover Art Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers by Vijay P. Singh (Editor), et al.
    Call Number: Online Resource
    ISBN: 9048126428
    Publication Date: 2011
  • Cover Art Encyclopedia of Geobiology by Volker Thiel (Editor), et al.
    Call Number: Online Resource
    ISBN: 1402092121
    Publication Date: 2011
  • Cover art Encyclopedia of geomorphology by Andrew Goudie, ed.
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    Call Number: Baker-Berry GB 400.3 .E53 2004 v. 1 - 2
    ISBN: 9780415272988
  • Cover art Encyclopedia of hydrological sciences by Malcolm G. Anderson; Jeffrey J. McDonnell, eds.
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    Call Number: eBook
    ISBN: 9780471491033
  • Cover Art Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments by Vivien Gornitz (Editor)
    Call Number: Online Resource
    ISBN: 1402044119
    Publication Date: 2009
  • Cover Art Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods by Jack Rink (Editor); Jeroen Thompson (Editor)
    Call Number: Online Resource
    ISBN: 9400763263
    Publication Date: 2020
  • Cover Art Quaternary Geochronology: Methods and Applications by Jay Stratton Noller (Editor); Janet M. Sowers (Editor); William R. Lettis (Editor)
    Call Number: Online Resource
    ISBN: 1118668480
    Publication Date: 2000
  • Encyclopedia of Quaternary science This link opens in a new window
    Quaternary science links ancient prehistory to modern environments, focusing on the Earth's history over the last approximately 2.6 million years. Articles from a broad range of disciplines cover subjects as diverse as glaciation, stratigraphy, sea level change, ice core studies, geologic hazards (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis), and soil erosion.
  • Cover art Handbook of soil sciences by Pan Ming Huang, Yuncong Li, Malcolm E. Sumner, eds.
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    Call Number: Baker-Berry S 591 .H363 2012 v. 1-2
    ISBN: 9781439803059
    Publication Date: 2nd ed.
  • Cover Art Soil Genesis and Classification by Stanley W. Buol; Robert C. Graham; Paul A. McDaniel; Randal J. Southard
    Call Number: Online Resource
    ISBN: 9780470960608
    Publication Date: 2011
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