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- Title: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
- Author: Michael Allaby
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Pages: 663
Oxford published the second edition of its Dictionary of Earth Sciences eight years ago, in 1999. In 2003, they reprinted the dictionary with corrections, but they could only make minor changes at that time. This edition is entirely new. Every entry has been scrutinized and brought up to date where necessary. New entries have been added and the number of diagrams has increased.
The new entries added in the second edition related predominantly to the expansion of planetary exploration and satellite technology. Those entries have been updated. Many of the new entries in this edition serve to expand the dictionary’s coverage of geomorphological terms
It is in the nature of dictionaries to grow longer with each revision. I make no apology for the fact that this one conforms to that rule. Such growth is unavoidable, because the language itself is always growing. But when new terms are introduced it does not mean that older terms are discarded. Even terms that do become obsolete do so gradually, surviving for many years in established and much loved texts.
The first edition was compiled with the help of many contributors and advisers. A smaller number of contributors assisted in preparing the second edition. The value of their hard work endures, and I gladly and fully acknowledge it. Without it there would have been no dictionary to revise. I have worked alone in preparing this third edition. However, so if any new errors have crept in they are mine alone.