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"World of Earth Science" K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, Editors Volume M-Z Project Editor Ryan L. Thomason Editorial Deirdre S. Blanchfield, Madeline Harris, Kate Kretschmann, Michael D. Lesniak, Kimberley A. McGrath, Brigham Narins, Mark Springer Imaging and Multimedia Shalice Shah-Caldwell Product Design Michael Logusz, Tracey Rowens Manufacturing Wendy Blurton, Evi Seoud (c) 2003 by Gale. Gale is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Gale and Design™ and Thomson Learning™ are trademarks used herein under license. For more information contact The Gale Group, Inc. 27500 Drake Rd. 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QE5 .W59 2003 550.3-dc21 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Introduction. How to Use the Book. Advisory Board. Acknowledgments. 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