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Encyclopedias
Over 8500 articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology; from McGraw-Hill.
Published by the Environmental Information Coalition, and utilizing a wiki, it contains articles contributed by experts covering all aspects of the environment of the Earth.
In-depth articles on the solid Earth, covering seismology & structure; mineral physics; geodesy; earthquake seismology; geomagnetism; crust, lithosphere, mantle, & core dynamics; evolution of the Earth; planets & moons.
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