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52 Things You Should Know About Rock PhysicsThe popular geoscience series returns with another volume on exploration geophysics. This time the 46 authors - including seasoned scientists and newcomers to the field - tackle the more quantitative side of the field. There is something for every geoscientist here, especially anyone involved...
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Killer Comet - What the Carolina Bays tell usThe Carolina Bays have posed a mystery since their discovery in the 1930's. They look like they were made by impacts, but they were not created by impacts of extraterrestrial bodies. Solving the puzzle of how the bays formed provides clues that can be...
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Gold Prospecting in Western AustraliaInterest in gold in W.A. increased following the 1849 California and 1850's Victorian rushes. A rich find made by Arthur Bayley and William Ford during 1892, in Coolgardie, inspired a small rush. A large amount of gold (over 500 oz) was initially found on...
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Geology Underfoot in IllinoisIllinois--a flat and boring state with nothing but cornfields and crowded expressways, right? Balderdash Geology Underfoot in Illinois scratches the Prairie State's surface to expose geologic diversity that stretches back more than a billion years.Copious illustrations and witty, page-turning prose guide readers on geologic...
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The Western San Juan Mountains: Their Geology, Ecology and Human HistoryThe San Juan Skyway winds its way up, over, and through canyons, mesas, plateaus, mountains, plains, and valleys. The sheer variety of landforms makes the Skyway a veritable classroom for the amateur naturalist and historian.The most complete work published on the natural history of...
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Spirit of the American Southwest: Geology / Ancient Eras and Prehistoric People / Hiking Through TimeHere, in simple, straight forward language, is an exploration of the events and geologic processes responsible for the stunning beauty of the deserts, plateaus and mountains in the American Southwest. After a brief look at the basics of geology and archaeology, the reader is...
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Missouri Caves in History and Legend: Volume 1Missouri has been likened to a "cave factory" because its limestone bedrock can be slowly dissolved by groundwater to form caverns, and the state boasts more than six thousand caves in an unbelievable variety of sizes, lengths, and shapes. Dwight Weaver has been fascinated...
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The Finger Lakes RegionThe extraordinary beauty of the Finger Lakes region is well known to its residents and to the many tourists who explore it each year. What is not so well known is the region's unique geology. Its distinctive features are the results of a singular...
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Why Geology Matters: Decoding the Past, Anticipating the FutureVolcanic dust, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes--geoscience explores phenomena that profoundly affect our lives. But more than that, as Doug Macdougall makes clear, the science also provides important clues to the future of the planet. In an entertaining and accessibly written narrative, Macdougall gives an...
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Cruising Through Geologic Time in the San Juan IslandsThis is the most comprehensive book on the geology of the San Juan Islands in the past nine decades. Although written primarily for non-geologists, it also contains much new, previously unpublished geologic material of interest to geologists. The book includes geologic descriptions of the...
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Structural Geology: Principles, Concepts, and ProblemsNow thoroughly revised in its third edition, Structural Geology: Principles, Concepts, and Problems incorporates a balanced and broad state-of the-science presentation that combines extensive full-color illustrations with clear, lively writing. The book's breadth enables instructors to cover a wide array of current topics, including...
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GeodynamicsEssential reading for any Earth scientist, this classic textbook has been providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the fundamentals needed to develop a quantitative understanding of the physical processes of the solid earth for over thirty years. This third edition has two completely...
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The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of EvolutionEvery fossil tells a story. Best-selling paleontology author Donald R. Prothero describes twenty-five famous, beautifully preserved fossils in a gripping scientific history of life on Earth. Recounting the adventures behind the discovery of these objects and fully interpreting their significance within the larger fossil...
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The Picture Book of Beaches: A Gift Book for Alzheimer's Patients and Seniors with DementiaDo you sometimes find it difficult to engage your loved one with dementia? To help them stay calm in the midst of an emotional reaction? To find activities you can share with them that encourage peaceful interaction?This book can help.Thumbing through this beautiful picture...
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Water: A Natural HistoryAn environmental engineer turned ecology writer relates the history of our waterways and her own growing understanding of what needs to be done to save this essential natural resource. Water: A Natural History takes us back to the diaries of the first Western explorers;...
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Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology no. 63The cretaceous birds of New JerseyFossils of Cretaceous birds are scarce and usually difficult to interpret. The better known forms such as Hesperornis and Ichthyornis belong to strange and archaic groups having little or nothing to do with the modern avian radiation. The only...
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Colonial SurveyThe swamp was upside downHardwick knew the Survey ship had turned end-for-end, because though there was artificial gravity, it does not affect the semicircular canals of the human ear. He knew he was turning head-over-heels, even though his feet stayed firmly on the floor....
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Barrier beaches of the Atlantic coastBarrier beaches of the Atlantic coastFROM Cape Cod to Cape Florida our coast is fringed with barrier beaches. They are the reefs of sand which protect the mainland shore from the storm-waves of the ocean. Isolated and uninhabited were most of these sea-born barriers...
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Fossil plants, Vol. 2: A text-book for students of botany and geologyFossil plants, Vol. 2: A text-book for students of botany and geologyI REGRET that pressure of other work has prevented the completion of this Volume within a reasonable time since the publication of Volume I. Had Volume II been written ten years ago, the...
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Jahreszahlen der ErdgeschichteJahreszahlen der ErdgeschichteDie Gesellschaft Kosmos bezweckt, die Kenntnis der Naturwissenschaften und damit die Freude an der Natur und das Verstndnis ihrer Erscheinungen in den weitesten Kreisen unseres Volkes zu verbreiten. Dieses Ziel sucht die Gesellschaft durch Verbreitung guter naturwissenschaftlicher Literatur zu erreichen im Geschichte...
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