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Geologic History of the Feather River Country, California
Geologic History of the Feather River Country, California
by Cordell Durrell
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How did the Sierra Nevada and adjacent lands come to be the size and shape they are today? This book covers 400 million years of physical evolution in a language understandable to nonscientists, tracing the volcanic activity, the folding and building of... (read more)

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Rock Stress and Its Measurement
Rock Stress and Its Measurement
by B. Amadei
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Unlike man made materials such as concrete, steel, etc, natural materials such as rocks and soils are subject to natural (virgin) stresses called in-situ stresses. Knowledge of the in-situ stress field is very important in many problems dealing with... (read more)

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Exploring the Solar System
Exploring the Solar System
by Peter Bond
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The exploration of our solar system is one of humanity's greatest scientific achievements. The last fifty years in particular have seen huge steps forward in our understanding of the planets, the sun, and other objects in the solar system. Whilst... (read more)

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Mountains: Geology, Natural History & Ecosystems (Worldlife Library)
Mountains: Geology, Natural History & Ecosystems (Worldlife Library)
by Martin F Price
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 71) and index.... (read more)

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The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth (Canto Classics)
The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth (Canto Classics)
by Cherry Lewis
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In this book, Cherry Lewis skilfully blends the history of gauging the age of the earth with a biography of Arthur Holmes, a British geologist who was a pioneer of geochronology. When it was deeply unfashionable to do so in the early twentieth century... (read more)

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Petrology and Structural Geology #9: Emplacement Mechanisms of Nappes and Thrust Sheets
Petrology and Structural Geology #9: Emplacement Mechanisms of Nappes and Thrust Sheets
by Olivier Merle
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This book, filling an editorial gap, provides a comprehensive treatment of the emplacement mechanisms of nappes and thrust sheets. In the first chapter the basic concepts of thrusting are explained and a short overview of thrust geometry is presented. In... (read more)

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Sediments and Toxic Substances: Environmental Effects and Ecotoxicity (Environmental Science and Engineering / Environmental Scienc)
Sediments and Toxic Substances: Environmental Effects and Ecotoxicity (Environmental Science and Engineering / Environmental Scienc)
by Wolfgang Calmano
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This book is the result of a research project on environmental behaviour of sediments. It represents one of the most comprehensive programs in the field of chemical and biological interactions of toxicants in sediments. It also provides valuable insights... (read more)

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Earthquakes (2ND 10 Edition)
Earthquakes (2ND 10 Edition)
by David S. Brumbaugh
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This reader-friendly, carefully illustrated text introduces the scientific, historical, and personal safety aspects of earthquakes. It is significantly broader in perspective than other texts on the subject, providing the basic scientific facts about... (read more)

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Sustainable Development (06 Edition)
Sustainable Development (06 Edition)
by Susan Baker
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The promotion of sustainable development opens up the debates surrounding our relationship with the natural world, what constitutes social progress, and the character of development in the present and into the future. Answering the need for an... (read more)

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Physics of the Earth
Physics of the Earth
by Frank Stacey
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The fourth edition of Physics of the Earth maintains the original philosophy of this classic graduate textbook on fundamental solid earth geophysics, while being completely revised, updated, and restructured into a more modular format to make individual... (read more)

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Soil Geomorphology
Soil Geomorphology
by Raymond B. Daniels
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Provides readers with the fundamentals necessary for a basic understanding of the soil landscape. Divided into three major sections, it covers stratigraphy, geomorphology, hydrology, and the ways in which these geologic processes shape the landscape... (read more)

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History of Geology (90 Edition)
History of Geology (90 Edition)
by Gabriel Gohau
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"By far the best short introduction to the history of geology in printÐÐor out of it, for that matter.  There is simply no other one-volume introduction to the whole sweep of the history of geology that one can safely recommend to... (read more)

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Statistical Seismology
Statistical Seismology
by David (edt) Vere-jones
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Statistical Seismology aims to bridge the gap between physics-based and statistics-based models. This volume provides a combination of reviews, methodological studies, and applications, which point to promising efforts in this field. The volume will be... (read more)

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Exploring Space, Exploring Earth: New Understanding of the Earth from Space Research
Exploring Space, Exploring Earth: New Understanding of the Earth from Space Research
by Paul D. Lowman
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Account of the impact of space exploration on our understanding of the geology and geophysics of Earth.... (read more)

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Dictionary of Gems and Gemology
Dictionary of Gems and Gemology
by Mohsen Manutchehr-danai
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This volume offers a one-stop reference to any matter dealing with gems, gemology, jewelry and related sciences. This revised and expanded second contains about 25,000 entries, some 9,000 more than the first edition, which are now complemented by more... (read more)

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Essentials of Geology (4TH 06 - Old Edition)
Essentials of Geology (4TH 06 - Old Edition)
by Reed Wicander
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ESSENTIALS OF GEOLOGY, Fifth Edition, is a shorter, "less is more" version of Wicander and Monroe?s PHYSICAL GEOLOGY text. In the same tradition, the authors present the material in a clear, consistent voice, appropriately focusing on the core concepts... (read more)

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Scandinavian Flint: An Archaeological Perspective
Scandinavian Flint: An Archaeological Perspective
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In Scandinavia as elsewhere, cryptocrystalline rocks such as flint were an integral part of peoples' lives during prehistory. Knowledge about flint, its properties, its uses, and its many names, was no doubt transmitted through the generations as part of... (read more)

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Volcaniclastic Sedimentation in Lacustrine Se
Volcaniclastic Sedimentation in Lacustrine Se
by Nancy R. Riggs
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This volume presents a unique compendium of papers assessing the effects of volcanism on lakes, as recorded by the volcaniclastic sediments deposited within them. The unifying theme is that the effects of volcanism on lacustrine sedimentation are diverse... (read more)

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Geological Atlas of Africa: With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology, Geohazards, Geosites and Geoscientific Education of Each Coun
Geological Atlas of Africa: With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology, Geohazards, Geosites and Geoscientific Education of Each Coun
by Thomas Schluter
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This is the first attempt to summarise the geology of Africa by presenting it in an atlas and to synthesise the stratigraphy, tectonics, economic geology, geohazards, geosites and geoscientific education of each country and territory of the continent.... (read more)

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Inorganic Geochemistry
Inorganic Geochemistry
by Dominic Emery
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Petroleum is not as easy to find as it used to be. In order to locate and develope reserves efficiently, it is vital that geologists and geophysicists understand the geological processes that affect a reservoir rock and the oil that is trapped within it.... (read more)

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