Michael Welland
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
xiv, 343 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"From individual grains to desert dunes, from the bottom of the sea to the landscapes of Mars, and from billions of years in the past to the future, this is the extraordinary story of one of nature's humblest, most powerful, and most ubiquitous materials"--Jacket.