Distances in Earth Science and Astronomy

Michel Marie Deza and Elena Deza
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Michel Marie Deza: Ecole Normale Supérieure
Elena Deza: Moscow State Pedagogical University

Chapter Chapter 25 in Encyclopedia of Distances, 2016, pp 533-575 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In Geography, spatial scales are shorthand terms for distances, sizes and areas. For example, micro, meso, macro, mega may refer to local (0.001–1), regional (1–100), continental (100–10,000), global ( > 10,000) km, respectively.

Keywords: Solar System; Orthometric Height; Plume Height; Virgo Cluster; Volcanic Explosivity Index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-52844-0_25

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