Geology
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Soil Grown Tall: The Epic Saga of Life from EarthThis book is designed as an easy night's read and introduction to fossil soils and the relatively new disciplines of Paleopedology and Astropedology. It includes line art and color illustrations to visualize the topic for the informed layperson or interested colleagues. It provides comprehensive...
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A Most Improbable Story: The Evolution of the Universe, Life, and HumankindThis book is a "Big History" of the evidence regarding how we came to be. It briefly explores philosophical thought and how our past might affect our future. The text summarizes different perspectives, including the strengths and weaknesses of each. The genesis of our...
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Extraction to Extinction: Rethinking Our Relationship with Earth's Natural ResourcesTracing our environmental impact through time, David Howe demonstrates how humanity's exploitation of Earth's natural resources has pushed our planet to its limit and asks: What's next for our depleted planet?Everything we use started life in the earth, as a rock or a mineral...
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Flood Risk Change: A Complexity PerspectiveFlood Risk Change: A Complexity Perspective focuses on the dynamic nature of flood risks and follows a systemic approach - including environmental, socioeconomic and socio-technical factors for modeling and managing flood risk change. Readers will gain a more complete picture of the topic for...
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Physical Geography: The BasicsThis second edition, enhanced with more than 30 new figures, provides an up-to-date overview of physical geography suitable for all those with a personal or professional interest in environmental processes, climate change and understanding of the Earth's landforms and dynamics. The text provides explanations...
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History of Sandstone in Orleans County NYFor almost 100 years, the quarrying of sandstone was a major industry in Orleans County in Western NY. At its peak about 50 quarries employed upwards of 2000 people to mine a unique variety of Medina sandstone. This book explores the geology of how...
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Calderas and Ignimbrites of the Central Sector of the Mexican Volcanic Belt: Volume 11The Mexican Volcanic Belt is a complex continental-margin volcanic province that crosses central Mexico from the Pacific coast to the Gulf of Mexico coast and forms part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Calderas and Ignimbrites of the Central Sector of the Mexican Volcanic...
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Introduction to Ore-Forming ProcessesA comprehensive account of ore-forming processes, revised and updated The revised second edition of Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes offers a guide to the multiplicity of geological processes that result in the formation of mineral deposits. The second edition has been updated to reflect the...
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The Geology of Egypt: A Traveler's Handbook (Revised Edition)Egypt is primarily a land of deserts and mountains, the habitable Nile Valley and Delta occupying less than 5 percent of the country. Although the ancient Egyptians lived on only a small fraction of the land, they made extensive use of resources from the...
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Pole Shift: Evidence Will Not Be SilencedYour government and religious leaders may not want you to know, but the evidence suggests that pole shifts are both magnetic and geophysical, with a periodic cycle of recurring and predictable cataclysms involving huge earthquakes and tsunamis, changes in latitude and altitude, mass extinctions,...
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Focus On Middle School Geology Student Textbook 3rd Edition (softcover)The Focus On Middle School Geology Student Textbook, 3rd Edition introduces young students to the scientific discipline of geology. Students will learn about the many branches of geology; the steps in the scientific method; tools and equipment used by geologists; how rocks, minerals, and...
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Introducing Volcanology: A Guide to Hot RocksVolcanoes have an endless fascination. Their eruptions are a regular reminder of the power of nature and our vulnerability to this raw geological phenomenon, however volcanic activity, and its plumbing from beneath, is an essential element of the forces that shaped and constantly reshape...
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The BiosphereWhat Darwin did for life through time, Vernadsky did for life through space on a geological scale. --Lynn Margulis This classic 1926 book is the first sustained expression of the idea, now widely accepted, that life is a geological force. It founded the field...
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The Cycle of Erosion in Different ClimatesThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...
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Geochemistry: Principles and ApplicationsGeochemistry is referred to as the study of the phenomena that control the abundance, composition, and distribution of chemical compounds and isotopes in geologic environments. It is vital to understand the processes related to production of economic concentrations of minerals by hydrothermal, magmatic, metamorphic,...
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Earth: By the NumbersCaldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins introduces By the Numbers infographic readers chock full of incredible infographs and stunning, full-color cut-paper illustrations. Earth will focus on the fascinating ins-and-outs of earth science. Through infographics, illustrations, facts, and figures, readers will learn about the complex and...
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Reise in die Aequinoctial-Gegenden des neuen Continents. Band 2.Reise in die Aequinoctial-Gegenden des neuen Continents. Band 2., wurde in der gesamten Menschheitsgeschichte als ein wichtiges Buch angesehen. Damit dieses Werk niemals in Vergessenheit gerät, haben wir uns bemüht, es zu bewahren, indem wir dieses Buch in einem modernen Format für gegenwärtige und...
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Geomorphology and Natural Haza"In spite of ever-increasing research into natural hazards, the reported damage from natural disasters continues to rise, increasingly disrupting human activities. We, as scientists who study the way in which the part of Earth most relevant to society- the surface-behaves, are disturbed and frustrated...
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Radiogenic Isotope GeologyThe third edition of Radiogenic Isotope Geology examines revolutionary changes in geochemical thinking that have occurred over the past fifteen years. Extinct-nuclide studies on meteorites have called into question fundamental geochemical models of the Earth, while new dating methods have challenged conventional views of...
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Help, I Have to Teach Rock and Mineral Identification and I'm Not a Geologist!: The Definitive Guide for Teachers and Home School Parents for TeachingHelp, I Have to Teach Rock and Mineral Identification and I'm Not a Geologist is the definitive guide for teachers and home school parents who teach geology. This book provides the details that an elementary, middle school, or high school teacher or parent needs...
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