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World of Earth Science

K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner

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ISBN 0-7876-7739-6 (set)
0-7876-7740-X (vol. 1)
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World of earth science / K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, editors.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-7876-7739-6 (set)—ISBN 0-7876-7740-X (v. 1)—ISBN 0-7876-7741-8 (v. 2)

1. Earth sciences—Encyclopedias. I. Lerner, K. Lee. II. Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth.

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