Longman Dictionary of Environment Science

With over 12,700 entries, the Longman Dictionary of Environmental Sciences provides up-to-date clear and concise definitions with a special emphasis on the scientific terms encountered in the study of environmental science.

Dr Andrew Jackson is Senior Lecturer in Environmental and Inorganic Chemistry at Staffordshire University, UK.

Preface

vii

(2)

Abbreviations

ix

(1)

Units and conversions

ix

(2)

SI prefixes

xi

(1)

Greek alphabet

xi

(1)

Common Latin and Greek noun endings

xii

THE DICTIONARY

1-460

(459)

Appendices

461

1. Chemical elements, names and symbols

461

(1)

2. The periodic table of the elements

462

(1)

3. The elements with essentially invariant oxidation states in their compounds

463

(1)

4. The geological timescale (in millions of years before present)

463

(2)

5. Outline of the plant kingdom

465

(4)

6. Outline of the fungi (kingdom Mycetae)

469

(2)

7. Outline of the animal kingdom

471

(8)

8. Outline of the kingdom Protista

479

(2)

9. Outline of the prokaryotes (superkingdoms Bacteria and Archaea)

481

(2)

10. Virus families

483

(2)

11. Etymological origins of some common word elements

485

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