Understanding Earth
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John Grotzinger
California Institute of Technology
Thomas H. Jordan
University of Southern California
W.H. Freeman and Company
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We dedicate this book to Frank Press and Ray Siever, pioneering educators in the era of modern geology. This book was possibly only because they led the way.
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