Author: V. Middleton
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: encyclopedia, sciences, earth, series, sedimentary, sediments, amp, rocks
Number of Pages: 928
Published: 2003-07
List price: $448.00
ISBN-10: 1402008724
ISBN-13: 9781402008726

Sedimentology studies the properties, origins, and historical interpretation of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Such materials are formed by physical, chemical, and biological processes, at temperatures ranging from below freezing to about 150-200 degrees C. More than 75% of the earth’s land surface is covered by sediments and sedimentary rocks. Near-surface sediments constitute the reservoirs for almost all groundwater, and are vitally important substrates for soils, wetlands, and shallow marine environments, while more deeply buried sediments provide most of the world’s r

Author: Don Middleton
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Keywords: cats, lions
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 1999-08
List price: $21.25
ISBN-10: 0823952088
ISBN-13: 9780823952083

Provides a simple introduction to the physical features, life cycle, and habits of lions.

Author: G. A. T. Middleton
Publisher: Bushnell Press
Keywords: book, students, others, text, manufacture, materials, nature, properties, building
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2008-11-04
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 1443731951
ISBN-13: 9781443731959

PREFACE: FOR many years past I have had in contemplation the preparation of a book in which building materials should be described and their present methods of manufacture explained. As time went on, the need for such a book a modern book at a moderate cost was more and more forcibly brought home to me,owing to the extreme difficulty which my students found in obtaining reliable and recent information. In undertaking to prepare such a book I knew the task would be no light one, and it has proved even more arduous than I had anticipated. For more than eighteen months every moment which I could

Author: Don Middleton
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Keywords: cats, jaguars
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 1999-08
List price: $21.25
ISBN-10: 082395210X
ISBN-13: 9780823952106

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, natural environment, and interrelationship with people of the jaguar and discusses what is being done to preserve it from extinction.

Author: Don Middleton
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Keywords: cats, leopards
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 1999-08
List price: $18.75
ISBN-10: 0823952096
ISBN-13: 9780823952090

Discusses the habitat, lifestyle, diet, behavior, and appearance of leopards in Africa and Asia.

Author: Jo Ann Middleton
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr
Keywords: style, technique, study, modernism, cather, willa
Number of Pages: 178
Published: 1990-07
List price: $36.50
ISBN-10: 0838633854
ISBN-13: 9780838633854

Willa CatherOs Modernism challenges the assumption that Cather was an old-fashioned exponent of styles of fiction, demonstrating instead that Cather was clearly aware of the experimentation within the modernist movement. Illustrative chapters deal with three central novels: A Lost Lady, The ProfessorOs House, and My Mortal Enemy.

Author: Don Middleton
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Keywords: cats, cheetahs
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 1999-08
List price: $18.75
ISBN-10: 0823952126
ISBN-13: 9780823952120

An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, natural environment, and interaction with humans of the cheetah, considered to be the fastest land animal on Earth.