000			02123nam a22003138i 4500
001			CR9781139226820
003			UkCbUP
005			20200124160204.0
006			m|||||o||d||||||||
007			cr||||||||||||
008			120116s1831||||enk o ||1 0|eng|d
020			_a9781139226820 (ebook)
020			_z9781108049429 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
100	1		_aHumboldt, Alexander von, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFragmens de géologie et de climatologie Asiatiques. _nVolume 1 / _cAlexander von Humboldt.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1831.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (326 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Earth Science
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aPrussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the most respected scientists of his day, influencing the work of Darwin. He is considered the founder of physical geography, climatology, ecology and oceanography. In 1829, the Russian government invited Humboldt to visit the gold and platinum mines in the Urals. As he studied the mountains' mineral wealth, he was the first to predict the presence of diamonds. During six months, his epic 10,000-mile expedition took him as far as the Altai Mountains and the Chinese frontier. Humboldt's observations on the geography, volcanic geology and meteorology of Central Asia, being then a largely unexplored territory, were acknowledged as pioneering contributions. The results of his journey also provided much of the data used in part of his great work Kosmos. The first volume of this book, published in 1831, deals with the mountain chains and volcanoes of Central Asia.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108049429
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pEarth Science.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139226820
999			_c515132 _d515130