Geology
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Otherworldly Antarctica: Ice, Rock, and Wind at the Polar ExtremeWith stunning original photographs, an Antarctic scientist and explorer takes us to one of the most sublime, remote, and pristine regions on the planet. The interior of Antarctica is an utterly pristine wilderness, a desolate landscape of ice, wind, and rock; a landscape so...
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The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched PlanetINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! NATIONAL BESTSELLER Most Anticipated Book by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times - A Next Big Idea Book Club Selection - The New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice - NPR Favorite Books of...
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The Story of Earth's Climate in 25 Discoveries: How Scientists Found the Connections Between Climate and LifeOver 4.5 billion years, Earth's climate has transformed tremendously. Before our more temperate recent past, the planet swung from one extreme to another--from a greenhouse world of sweltering temperatures and high sea levels to a "snowball earth" in which glaciers reached the equator. During...
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The Mountains That Remade America: How Sierra Nevada Geology Impacts Modern LifeFrom ski towns to national parks, fresh fruit to environmental lawsuits, the Sierra Nevada has changed the way Americans live. Whether and where there was gold to be mined redefined land, mineral, and water laws. Where rain falls (and where it doesn't) determines whose...
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Planetary Geology: An IntroductionAs scientific exploration of the solar system intensifies, recent planetary missions by NASA, the European Space Agency and other national bodies have reaffirmed that geological processes familiar from our studies of the Earth operate on many solid planets and satellites. Common threads link the...
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Laboratory Manual for Introductory GeologyThis lab manual offers a variety of activities for an active, applied student experience and increased flexibility for instructors. Every lab includes "What Do You Think?" exercises in which students apply the course concepts to real-world scenarios. New Geotours Google Earth exercises get students...
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Earth: The Definitive Visual Guide, New EditionExplore and understand the natural and human wonders of our planet Now in its third edition, this landmark encyclopedia both celebrates our planet and explains the science underpinning the forces and processes that have made and shaped it. Artworks, photographs, terrain models, and maps...
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Midwest Bedrock: The Search for Nature's Soul in America's HeartlandTo know a place deeply means to understand it on several levels, layered almost as if from bedrock to topsoil. Midwest Bedrock: The Search for Nature's Soul in America's Heartland takes readers on a journey across all twelve Midwest states to natural settings that...
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Laboratory Manual in Physical GeologyAuthor: Agi American Geological Institute, Nagt -. National Association of Geoscien, Vincent CroninPublisher: PearsonPublished: 03/27/2020Pages: 480Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.15lbsISBN: 9780135836972About the AuthorVince Cronin is an award-winning geoscience educator who has served as a teaching assistant, teacher, or laboratory coordinator for introductory physical geology courses...
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Earth ScienceWhether hiking along a mountain trail, driving down a highway, or making a decision about their energy usage, instructors want their students to see and assess the physical world they live in with more informed eyes. Through the most contemporary and applied text; the...
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New Mexico's Magnificent Sandia Mountain: The Complete Geological StoryThe magnificent Sandia Mountain forms an enormous rampart towering over the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Regionally, the feature's distinctive "whale back" profile utterly dominates the horizon within a huge area of central New Mexico. This book provides the complete geologic story of the...
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Geology of British Columbia: A Journey Through TimeSydney Cannings and Richard Cannings tell the story of the province's geology and the history of its living creatures. Starting 200 million years ago, when there was no British Columbia west of the present Rocky Mountains, the authors take us on a journey through...
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Fluid Flow in Fractured RocksAuthor: Robert W. Zimmerman, Adriana PalusznyPublisher: WileyPublished: 12/26/2023Pages: 288Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.69dISBN: 9781119248019This title is not returnable
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Greywacke: How a Priest, a Soldier and a School Teacher Uncovered 300 Million Years of HistoryAdam Sedgwick was a priest and scholar. Roderick Murchison was a retired soldier. Charles Lapworth was a schoolteacher. It was their personal and intellectual rivalry, pursued on treks through Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, Devon and parts of western Russia, that revealed the narrative structure of...
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Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway: An Epoch Tale of a Scientist and an Artist on the Ultimate 5,000-Mile Paleo Road Trip"A paleontological odyssey that manages to be informative, witty, educational--and enormous fun." --Simon Winchester, author of The Map That Changed the World, Krakatoa, and A Crack in the Edge of the World An epoch tale of a scientist and an artist on the ultimate...
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Field Collecting Gemstones and MineralsWith easy-to-follow instructions on how to extract, trim, preserve, store and exhibit gemstones and minerals, this guide does a superb job of introducing beginners to the science of field collecting.Featuring clear and interesting illustrations, Field Collecting Gemstones and Minerals covers the fundamental aspects of...
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Beautiful Rocks and How to Find Them: A Modern Rockhound's GuideNew to rockhounding or ready to ramp up your skills? This contemporary guide to rock collecting goes beyond the "where and how" to include info on environmental impact, land stewardship, and building a truly meaningful collection. Do you love rocks and gems? Are you...
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Volcano: Live, Dormant and Extinct Volcanoes Around the WorldIllustrated with spectacular photographs, Volcano is a fascinating visual journey around the globe, selecting the most striking live and extinct volcanoes from Alaska to Antarctica, from Tanzania to Tasmania, from Kamchatka in Russia's far east to Indonesia and the Philippines. Did you know that...
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Islands in Deep Time: Ancient Landscapes Lost and FoundHilltops surrounded by farmland in southern Wisconsin turn out to be the eroded remnants of an ancient archipelago. An island in the Yellow Sea where Korean tourists flock is the peak of a flooded mountain rising from a drowned continental shelf. From a mountaintop...
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Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making'Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenborough's Planet Earth with the planetary focus of Brian Cox's Universe' Guardian A beautiful, full colour book to accompany the 5 part BBC TV series telling the most important story of all, the deep history...
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