Atlas of earth mysteries / consultant editor, Philip Whitfield

Published: Chicago, IL : Rand McNally, [1990]
Copyright Date: ©1990
Physical Description: 239 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, color plates, portraits ; 30 cm
Additional Creators: Whitfield, Philip and Rand McNally and Company

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Contents

COSMIC CONNECTIONS: Anatomy of the sun -- Earth's magnetism -- Aurora borealis -- The pull of gravity -- The rhythm of the tides -- Meteors and comets -- The ice ages -- The theory of plate tectonics -- Volcanoes -- Geysers and thermal springs -- Earthquakes -- Tsunamis -- Undersea volcanic activity -- Antarctica -- THE WEATHER MACHINE: Jet stream and global climate -- Hurricanes and tornadoes -- Thunder, lightning and creature storms -- Weather forecasting -- The effects of El Nino -- The spread of the deserts -- The "greenhouse effect" -- THE FACE OF THE EARTH: The Great Rift Valley -- The Red Sea -- Ruwenzori -- The East African lakes -- The Casiquiare Canal -- Poisonous lakes of the Cameroons -- Blue holes of the Caribbean -- Caves and speleothems -- The fossil record of the past -- Reasons for these reptiles' demise -- The story of early humans -- The ecology of islands -- Sargasso Sea -- The Marsh Arabs of Iraq -- Migration of the green turtles -- The Okavango Delta.

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0528833944

Related Titles

Rand McNally atlas of earth mysteries
Earth mysteries

Note

"A Marshall edition."
At head of title on cover: Rand McNally.

Bibliography Note

Bibliography: page [234].

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