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Earth system history, 2d ed.(GEOLOGY)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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June 1, 2005
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QE28
2004-053253
0-7167-3907-0
Earth system history, 2d ed.
Stanley, Steven M.
W.H. Freeman & Co., [c]2005
567 p.
$100.95 (pa)
This colorful textbook explains how the biological and nonbiological systems of the Earth functio...
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