Geology
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An Integrated Framework for Structural Geology: Kinematics, Dynamics, and Rheology of Deformed Rocks
$40.00 Add to cartAN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
A modern and practice-oriented approach to structural geology
An Integrated Framework for Structural Geology: Kinematics, Dynamics, and Rheology of Defo
- Author: Wojtal, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: August 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1405106840
- Language: English
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Roadside Geology of Wyoming
$22.00 Add to cartAbove all else, Wyoming is a geological state. In every corner of every mountain range and basin within this big state there is a geological story recorded in the rocks. Here is the overall story of W… [more below]
- Series: Roadside Geology
- Author: Lageson, David R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 271
- Publish Date: June 15 1991
- ISBN10: 0878422161
- Language: English
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Fossils: The Key to the Past
$24.95 Add to cart“Richard Fortey is without peer among science writers.”–Bill Bryson
In his accessible introduction to the study and meaning of fossils, the world-renowned paleontologist Richard Fortey provides a comp
- Author: Fortey, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 02 2015
- ISBN10: 1501700537
- Language: English
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Hiking Oregon’s Geology
$21.95 Read more* 90 hikes, many off the beaten path
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* Appendices list hikes by rock age, collectible minerals or fossils present, and more; plus a new illustrated section on rock identification- Series: Hiking Geology
- Author: Allen, John Eliot
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 13 2004
- ISBN10: 0898868475
- Language: English
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Geometry of Complex Numbers
$16.95 Add to cartIlluminating, widely praised book on analytic geometry of circles, the Moebius transformation, and 2-dimensional non-Euclidean geometries. “This book should be in every library, and every expert in cl… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
- Author: Schwerdtfeger, Hans
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 01 1980
- ISBN10: 0486638308
- Language: English
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Chicago in Stone and Clay: A Guide to the Windy City’s Architectural Geology
$24.95 Add to cartChicago in Stone and Clay explores the interplay between the city’s most architecturally significant sites, the materials they’re made of, and the sediments and bedrock they are anchored in. This uniq
- Author: Wiggers, Raymond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: September 15 2022
- ISBN10: 150176506X
- Language: English
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New Mexico’s Magnificent Sandia Mountain (Hardcover): The Complete Geological Story
$50.00 Add to cartThe 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 wi
- Author: Van Hart, Dirk
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 454
- Publish Date: October 04 2023
- ISBN10: 163293650X
- Language: English
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Origins: The Evolution of Continents, Oceans, and Life
$45.00 Add to cartChanges in climate and sea level are nothing new – over the last 700 million years, the Earth has been slowly but constantly changing from within. We now know that our planet’s surface, far from being
- Author: Redfern, Ron
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0806133597
- Language: English
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Geology Underfoot in Illinois
$20.00 Add to cartIllinois–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 diversi… [more below]
- Series: Yes, Geology Underfoot
- Author: Wiggers, Raymond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: June 15 1997
- ISBN10: 087842346X
- Language: English
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The Great Basin Seafloor: Exploring the Ancient Oceans of the Desert West
$34.95 Read moreMany people appreciate the stunning vistas of the Great Basin desert; understanding the region’s geological past can provide a deeper way to know and admire this landscape. In The Great Basin Seafloor… [more below]
- Author: Decourten, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1647690498
- Language: English
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T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
$19.95 Add to cartSixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized de
- Series: Princeton Science Library #39
- Author: Alvarez, Walter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0691169667
- Language: English
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The Whole Story of Climate: What Science Reveals about the Nature of Endless Change
$18.00 Add to cartThis book, written by a geologist, describes the important contributions that geology has made to our understanding of climate change since the 1830s. What emerges is a much more complex and nuanced p… [more below]
- Author: Peters, E. Kirsten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1633886026
- Language: English
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New Mexico Rocks and Minerals: The Collecting Guide
$14.95 Add to cartIt has been said that mineral and rock collecting is one of the most popular hobbies throughout the world and one that can be very rewarding and pleasurable for both the serious collector and for the … [more below]
- Series: Rock Collecting
- Author: Kimbler, Frank S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: July 15 2007
- ISBN10: 0913270970
- Language: English
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In Suspect Terrain
$19.00 Read moreFrom the outwash plains of Brooklyn to Indiana’s drifted diamonds and gold In Suspect Terrain is a narrative of the earth, told in four sections of equal length, each in a different way reflecting the
- Series: Annals of the Former World #2
- Author: McPhee, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 01 1984
- ISBN10: 374517940
- Language: English
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When the Sahara Was Green: How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be
$46.58 Add to cartThe little-known history of how the Sahara was transformed from a green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the world
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to Ch- Author: Williams, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 0691201625
- Language: English
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Roadside Geology of Indiana
$24.00 Read moreHundreds of millions of years ago, warm, coral-rich seas deposited mud on the ocean floor, and in time it became limestone–the cornerstone of Indiana geology. From the fossil-studded rocks and twisti… [more below]
- Series: Roadside Geology
- Author: Camp, Mark J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 326
- Publish Date: June 15 1999
- ISBN10: 0878423966
- Language: English
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Water: A Natural History
$16.50 Add to cartAn 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 Natura- Author: Outwater, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 27 1997
- ISBN10: 0465037801
- Language: English
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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 Life
$29.99 Add to cartGiven 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
- Series: Science and Fiction
- Author: Webb, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: May 29 2015
- ISBN10: 3319132350
- Language: English
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Downstate New York Rock Walks: An Explorer’s Guide to Amazing Boulders and Rock Formations
$29.95 Add to cartAn explorer’s walking guide to downstate New York’s awesome boulders and rock formations.
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: Dunn, C. Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 143849470X
- Language: English
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Indiana Rocks
$18.00 Add to cartA Story of oceans, uplift, and ice, Indiana’s geological history is reflected in the vistas and landscapes you will see as you travel through the state. From the Indiana Dunes of Lake Michigan, one of… [more below]
- Series: Geology Rocks!
- Author: Indiana Geological and Water Survey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0878426876
- Language: English
