Geology
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Geological Field Sketches and Illustrations: A Practical GuideLearning to draw field sketches is an essential task for geologists, however it is often overlooked. This book presents simple techniques, useful tips and detailed examples to teach geologists how to draw rocks successfully. Field sketches are the best way to record the natural...
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Essentials of GeologyThe gold standard text for helping students visualize and understand geologic processes makes hands-on and real-world exploration easier and more impactful than ever, in any course setting. New 3D specimen and digital elevation models, with corresponding Smartwork exercises, allow students to examine specimens and...
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Magic Travels"What are the magic words?""Abracadabra!" chorused the voices of the twenty or so children grouped around my feet."Absolutely not," I said as solemnly as I could. They have been changed this year to ..." Magic permeates the remarkable journey of the young Patrick McLaren....
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GigaFlood: The Largest of the Lake Missoula Floods In Northwest Oregon and Southwest WashingtonThe Ice Age Lake Missoula Floods affected four states and left much evidence of their passing. Most dramatic are the scablands of eastern Washington. With few exceptions all other books on the subject stop at the west end of the Columbia River Gorge. GigaFlood...
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The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth [With CD (Audio)]When studying rocks, the Friz knows it's best to go directly to the source NARRATOR: Polly Adams, Cassandra Morris & a cast of kidsFORMAT: 1 CD, UnabridgedRock collecting has never been quite like this When the class forgets to do its homework, a fieldtrip...
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Rough-Hewn Land: A Geologic Journey from California to the Rocky Mountains"Unfold a map of North America," Keith Heyer Meldahl writes, "and the first thing to grab your eye is the bold shift between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains." In this absorbing book, Meldahl takes readers on a 1000-mile-long field trip back through...
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The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert DunesAn expert treatise on the origin and evolution of dunes, this classic work was used by NASA in studying sand dunes on Mars and is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students. The first book to deal exclusively with the behavior of blown sand and...
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CavesCaves may seem like dark and scary places--and they can be--but there's much more to know about these amazing formations. This low-ATOS volume introduces early readers to these rocky holes in the earth. Accessible text and colorful photographs help them visualize these places and...
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20,000 Years on the Merrimack River20,000 Years on the Merrimack River Starting at its headwaters in Franconia Notch, the Merrimack rushes 117 miles to its mouth in Newburyport, Massachusetts. But it also spans 20,000 years of history crucial to the development of the American continent and the United States....
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The Geotraveller: Geology of Famous Geosites and Areas of Historical InterestAuthor: Roger N. ScoonPublisher: SpringerPublished: 04/08/2021Pages: 398Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 3.10lbsSize: 11.10h x 8.50w x 0.90dISBN: 9783030546922About the AuthorRoger Scoon was born in Bristol, England, and grew up in a rural village in North Somerset. After obtaining bachelor's (1976) and master's (1976) degrees in the...
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Placer Gold Deposits of ArizonaA reprint of the Original US Geological Survey Bulletin 1355. This publication is a catalog of locations, Geology, and production from the placer districts of Arizona. Over 90 Arizona Placer District covered in this publication.Author: Maureen G. JohnsonPublisher: Sylvanite, IncPublished: 10/15/2010Pages: 116Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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Global Environment: Water, Air, and Geochemical Cycles - Second EditionThe new revised edition of a classic Earth science text This newly revised edition of Global Environment discusses the major elements of the geochemical cycles and global fluxes found in the atmosphere, land, lakes, rivers, biota, and oceans, as well as the human effects...
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The Origin of Continents and OceansSince its inception modern geology has been faced with an important group of problems: explaining parallel formations that are separated by great distances of sea; accounting for isolated life forms in widely separated areas (such as lemurs in Madagascar and India); explaining pre-pleistocene glaciations,...
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Coal: A Human History"Engrossing . . . Coal, to borrow a phrase, is king." -- New York Times Book Review In this remarkable book, Barbara Freese takes us on a rich historical journey that begins hundreds of millions of years ago and spans the globe. Prized as...
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Rocks: A Very Short IntroductionRocks, more than anything else, underpin our lives. They make up the solid structure of the Earth and of other rocky planets, and are present at the cores of gas giant planets. We live on the rocky surface of the planet, grow our food...
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Plant Fossil Atlas From (Pennsylvanian) Carboniferous Age Found in Central Appalachian CoalfieldsThis book is a picture guide to fossil plants and a few fossil marine organisms found in close association with the local measures in the central Appalachian region. The fossils are sorted by groups and the specimens sampling site locations are listed by coal...
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Abiquiu: The Geologic History of O'Keeffe CountryThe Abiquiu region includes some of the most spectacular and diverse geology in the state of New Mexico. A triple junction of geologic provinces, including the Colorado Plateau, the Rio Grande Rift, and the Jemez Volcanic Field, coincide to tell a fascinating story of...
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If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... Where Is Everybody?: Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial LifeGiven the fact that there are perhaps 400 billion stars in our Galaxy alone, and perhaps 400 billion galaxies in the Universe, it stands to reason that somewhere out there, in the 14-billion-year-old cosmos, there is or once was a civilization at least as...
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Gold Panning the Pacific Northwest: A Guide to the Area's Best Sites for GoldGold Panning the Pacific Northwest is the premiere reference source for anyone who is interested in getting started or continuing their gold prospecting in the pacific northwest region. Containing accurate, up-to-date prospecting information for all known panning areas in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. The...
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101 American Fossil SitesExamining in detail at least one amazing fossil site in every state, Albert Dickas clearly explains the critters preserved in the rocks, from sharks and rhinoceroses to trilobites and horn corals. At some sites, you can sift through the shale in search of fossils...
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