Earth science (Simple English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Earth science" in Simple English language version.

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Enger, Eldon D.; Smith, Bradley F., eds. (2013). Environmental science: a study of interrelationships (13th ed.). Dubuque: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-338327-9.
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Press, Frank, ed. (2004). Understanding earth (4th ed.). New York: Freeman. ISBN 978-0-7167-9617-6.
Fowler, C. M. R. (2005). The solid earth: an introduction to global geophysics (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89307-7.
Dalrymple, G. Brent (1991). The age of the earth. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1569-0.
Prothero, Donald R. (2013). Bringing fossils to life: an introduction to paleobiology (3rd ed.). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-15892-3.
Faure, Gunter; Mensing, Teresa M.; Faure, Gunter (2005). Isotopes: principles and applications (3rd ed.). Hoboken, N.J: Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-38437-3.
Gradstein, F. M., ed. (2012). The geologic time scale 2012 (1st ed.). Amsterdam ; Boston: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-444-59425-9.

australian.museum

"Mineral properties". The Australian Museum. Retrieved 2025-07-24.

bgs.ac.uk

"Types of volcano". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 2025-07-24.

britannica.com

"Continental crust | Composition, Density, & Definition | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
"Mountain | Definition, Characteristics, Types, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2025-07-04. Retrieved 2025-07-24.

cambridge.org

Schubert, Gerald; Turcotte, Donald L.; Olson, Peter (2001-09-24). Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets (1 ed.). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511612879. ISBN 978-0-521-35367-0.

doi.org

Schubert, Gerald; Turcotte, Donald L.; Olson, Peter (2001-09-24). Mantle Convection in the Earth and Planets (1 ed.). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511612879. ISBN 978-0-521-35367-0.
Isacks, Bryan; Oliver, Jack; Sykes, Lynn R. (1968). "Seismology and the new global tectonics". Journal of Geophysical Research (1896-1977). 73 (18): 5855–5899. doi:10.1029/JB073i018p05855. ISSN 2156-2202.
Glatzmaiers, Gary A.; Roberts, Paul H. (1995). "A three-dimensional self-consistent computer simulation of a geomagnetic field reversal". Nature. 377 (6546): 203–209. doi:10.1038/377203a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
Dziewonski, Adam M.; Anderson, Don L. (1981-06-01). "Preliminary reference Earth model". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 25 (4): 297–356. doi:10.1016/0031-9201(81)90046-7. ISSN 0031-9201.
Bird, Peter (2003). "An updated digital model of plate boundaries". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 4 (3). doi:10.1029/2001GC000252. ISSN 1525-2027.
Wilde, Simon A.; Valley, John W.; Peck, William H.; Graham, Colin M. (2001). "Evidence from detrital zircons for the existence of continental crust and oceans on the Earth 4.4 Gyr ago". Nature. 409 (6817): 175–178. doi:10.1038/35051550. ISSN 1476-4687.
Alvarez, Luis W.; Alvarez, Walter; Asaro, Frank; Michel, Helen V. (1980-06-06). "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction". Science. 208 (4448): 1095–1108. doi:10.1126/science.208.4448.1095. ISSN 0036-8075.
Schulte, Peter; Alegret, Laia; Arenillas, Ignacio; Arz, José A.; Barton, Penny J.; Bown, Paul R.; Bralower, Timothy J.; Christeson, Gail L.; Claeys, Philippe; Cockell, Charles S.; Collins, Gareth S. (2010-03-05). "The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary". Science. 327 (5970): 1214–1218. doi:10.1126/science.1177265. ISSN 0036-8075.

ebsco.com

"Deep Ocean Currents | EBSCO Research Starters". www.ebsco.com. Retrieved 2025-07-26.

fiveable.me

library.fiveable.me

"Essential Oceanographic Instruments to Know for Marine Biology". library.fiveable.me. Retrieved 2025-07-26.

grida.no

"Ocean carbon cycle". GRID-Arendal. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

hawaii.edu

manoa.hawaii.edu

"The Oceanic Crust and Seafloor". manoa.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
"Ocean Surface Currents". manoa.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-26.

libretexts.org

geo.libretexts.org

"1.2: Earth Science and Its Branches". Geosciences LibreTexts. 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
"2.6: Classes of Minerals". Geosciences LibreTexts. 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
"4.3: Weathering". Geosciences LibreTexts. 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
"9.2: Mountain Formation". Geosciences LibreTexts. 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2025-07-24.

nasa.gov

science.nasa.gov

"The Great Dying - NASA Science". 2002-01-27. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
"Tides - NASA Science". 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2025-07-26.

eol.jsc.nasa.gov

"Gateway to Astronaut Photos of Earth". NASA. Retrieved 2018-01-29.

soil.gsfc.nasa.gov

"Elissa Levine, 2001, The Pedosphere As A Hub". Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2010-10-09.

nationalgeographic.org

education.nationalgeographic.org

"Oceanography". education.nationalgeographic.org. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
"The Science and Art of Meteorology". education.nationalgeographic.org. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
"Upwelling". education.nationalgeographic.org. Retrieved 2025-07-26.

nature.com

Glatzmaiers, Gary A.; Roberts, Paul H. (1995). "A three-dimensional self-consistent computer simulation of a geomagnetic field reversal". Nature. 377 (6546): 203–209. doi:10.1038/377203a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
Wilde, Simon A.; Valley, John W.; Peck, William H.; Graham, Colin M. (2001). "Evidence from detrital zircons for the existence of continental crust and oceans on the Earth 4.4 Gyr ago". Nature. 409 (6817): 175–178. doi:10.1038/35051550. ISSN 1476-4687.

nau.edu

jan.ucc.nau.edu

"Duane Gardiner, Lecture: Why study soils? excerpted from Miller R.W. & D.T. Gardiner, 1998. Soils in our environment, 8th Edition". Archived from the original on 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2010-10-09.

noaa.gov

oceanservice.noaa.gov

US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Surface Ocean Currents - Currents: NOAA's National Ocean Service Education". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Thermohaline Circulation - Currents: NOAA's National Ocean Service Education". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "What are tides?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
"What is upwelling?". oceanservice.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
NOAA National Ocean Service Education: Geodesy

oceanexplorer.noaa.gov

"What causes ocean waves? : Ocean Exploration Facts: NOAA Ocean Exploration". oceanexplorer.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-26.

opengeology.org

"1 Understanding Science – An Introduction to Geology". Retrieved 2025-07-26.
"1 Introduction to Petrology – Open Petrology". Retrieved 2025-07-24.

princeton.edu

wordnet.princeton.edu

"Wordnet Search: Earth science". Archived from the original on 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
Wordnet Search: Geodesy^{[permanent dead link]}

science.org

Alvarez, Luis W.; Alvarez, Walter; Asaro, Frank; Michel, Helen V. (1980-06-06). "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction". Science. 208 (4448): 1095–1108. doi:10.1126/science.208.4448.1095. ISSN 0036-8075.
Schulte, Peter; Alegret, Laia; Arenillas, Ignacio; Arz, José A.; Barton, Penny J.; Bown, Paul R.; Bralower, Timothy J.; Christeson, Gail L.; Claeys, Philippe; Cockell, Charles S.; Collins, Gareth S. (2010-03-05). "The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary". Science. 327 (5970): 1214–1218. doi:10.1126/science.1177265. ISSN 0036-8075.

sciencedirect.com

Dziewonski, Adam M.; Anderson, Don L. (1981-06-01). "Preliminary reference Earth model". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 25 (4): 297–356. doi:10.1016/0031-9201(81)90046-7. ISSN 0031-9201.

sjsu.edu

mlml.sjsu.edu

"Internal Waves in Monterey Bay – Physical Oceanography". mlml.sjsu.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-26.

tamu.edu

artsci.tamu.edu

"What is Oceanography?". artsci.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-26.

umn.edu

commonminerals.esci.umn.edu

"Quartz | Common Minerals". commonminerals.esci.umn.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
"Calcite (and Aragonite) | Common Minerals". commonminerals.esci.umn.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-24.

usgs.gov

"What are igneous rocks? | U.S. Geological Survey". www.usgs.gov. 2022-12-31. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
"What are sedimentary rocks? | U.S. Geological Survey". www.usgs.gov. 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
"What are metamorphic rocks? | U.S. Geological Survey". www.usgs.gov. 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
"About Volcanoes | U.S. Geological Survey". www.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
"The Science of Earthquakes | U.S. Geological Survey". www.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
"Moment magnitude, Richter scale - what are the different magnitude scales, and why are there so many? | U.S. Geological Survey". www.usgs.gov. 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2025-07-24.

pubs.usgs.gov

"Understanding plate motions [This Dynamic Earth, USGS]". pubs.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2025-07-24.

web.archive.org

"Wordnet Search: Earth science". Archived from the original on 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
"Elissa Levine, 2001, The Pedosphere As A Hub". Archived from the original on 2007-10-30. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
"Duane Gardiner, Lecture: Why study soils? excerpted from Miller R.W. & D.T. Gardiner, 1998. Soils in our environment, 8th Edition". Archived from the original on 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2010-10-09.

wiley.com

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Isacks, Bryan; Oliver, Jack; Sykes, Lynn R. (1968). "Seismology and the new global tectonics". Journal of Geophysical Research (1896-1977). 73 (18): 5855–5899. doi:10.1029/JB073i018p05855. ISSN 2156-2202.
Bird, Peter (2003). "An updated digital model of plate boundaries". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 4 (3). doi:10.1029/2001GC000252. ISSN 1525-2027.

worldcat.org

search.worldcat.org

Isacks, Bryan; Oliver, Jack; Sykes, Lynn R. (1968). "Seismology and the new global tectonics". Journal of Geophysical Research (1896-1977). 73 (18): 5855–5899. doi:10.1029/JB073i018p05855. ISSN 2156-2202.
Glatzmaiers, Gary A.; Roberts, Paul H. (1995). "A three-dimensional self-consistent computer simulation of a geomagnetic field reversal". Nature. 377 (6546): 203–209. doi:10.1038/377203a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
Dziewonski, Adam M.; Anderson, Don L. (1981-06-01). "Preliminary reference Earth model". Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 25 (4): 297–356. doi:10.1016/0031-9201(81)90046-7. ISSN 0031-9201.
Bird, Peter (2003). "An updated digital model of plate boundaries". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 4 (3). doi:10.1029/2001GC000252. ISSN 1525-2027.
Wilde, Simon A.; Valley, John W.; Peck, William H.; Graham, Colin M. (2001). "Evidence from detrital zircons for the existence of continental crust and oceans on the Earth 4.4 Gyr ago". Nature. 409 (6817): 175–178. doi:10.1038/35051550. ISSN 1476-4687.
Alvarez, Luis W.; Alvarez, Walter; Asaro, Frank; Michel, Helen V. (1980-06-06). "Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction". Science. 208 (4448): 1095–1108. doi:10.1126/science.208.4448.1095. ISSN 0036-8075.
Schulte, Peter; Alegret, Laia; Arenillas, Ignacio; Arz, José A.; Barton, Penny J.; Bown, Paul R.; Bralower, Timothy J.; Christeson, Gail L.; Claeys, Philippe; Cockell, Charles S.; Collins, Gareth S. (2010-03-05). "The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary". Science. 327 (5970): 1214–1218. doi:10.1126/science.1177265. ISSN 0036-8075.

youtube.com

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