ISBN: 0470419474 Binding: Paperback Edition: 2 Author(s): Barbara W. Murck, Brian J. Skinner, Dana Mackenzie PhD Publisher: Wiley Number of Pages: 560
Visualizing Geography is the only book in the field that integrates text with high quality art By adding to this already impressive art program with additional process diagrams and visualizing features the second edition helps readers gain a sound understanding of basic geologic processes and the environmental ramifications of Earth's systems It introduces plate tectonics early and incorporates numerous illustrations and photos to make the difficult concepts easier to comprehend Readers will also benefit from the structured and effective format and accessible writing style
Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology (8th Edition)
ISBN: 0131148656 Binding: Paperback Edition: 8 Author(s): Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K Lutgens, Dennis Tasa Publisher: Prentice Hall Number of Pages: 736
To understand timely issues such as natural disasters and environmental challengesand to evaluate solutions to related problemsthe average citizen needs a basic awareness of the scientific principles that influence our planet This trusted book makes an often-complex subject accessible to readers with a strong focus on readability and illustrations Offers a meaningful non-technical survey that is informative and up to date for learning basic principles and concepts Includes a revised and expanded GEODe Earth CD-ROM Updates and revises art and illustrations to include dozens of new high-quality photographs carefully selected to aid understanding and add realism Provides a wealth of new special-interest boxes including "Earth as a System" "People and the Environment" and "Understanding Earth" A useful reference for anyone interested in learning more about Earth's geology
ISBN: 0375706208 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Richard Fortey Publisher: Vintage Number of Pages: 448
In Earth the acclaimed author of Trilobite and Life takes us on a grand tour of the earths physical past showing how the history of plate tectonics is etched in the landscape around us
Beginning with Mt Vesuvius whose eruption in Roman times helped spark the science of geology and ending in a lab in the West of England where mathematical models and lab experiments replace direct observation Richard Fortey tells us what the present says about ancient geologic processes He shows how plate tectonics came to rule the geophysical landscape and how the evidence is written in the hills and in the stones And in the process he takes us on a wonderful journey around the globe to visit some of the most fascinating and intriguing spots on the planet
ISBN: 0126363706 Binding: Hardcover Edition: 2 Author(s): R C Selley, Richard C. Selley Publisher: Academic Press Number of Pages: 470
This Second Edition of Elements of Petroleum Geology is completely updated and revised to reflect the vast changes in the field in the fifteen years since publication of the First Edition This book is a usefulprimer for geophysicists geologists and petroleum engineers in the oil industry who wish to expand their knowledge beyond their specialized area It is also an excellent introductory text for a university course in petroleum geoscience Elements of Petroleum Geology begins with an account of the physical and chemical properties of petroleum reviewing methods of petroleum exploration and production These methods include drilling geophysical exploration techniques wireline logging and subsurface geological mapping After describing the temperatures and pressures of the subsurface environment and the hydrodynamics of connate fluids Selley examines the generation and migration of petroleum reservoir rocks and trapping mechanisms and the habit of petroleum in sedimentary basins The book contains an account of the composition and formation of tar sands and oil shales and concludes with a brief review of prospect risk analysis reserve estimation and other economic topics Updates the First Edition completely Reviews the concepts and methodology of petroleum exploration and production Written by a preeminent petroleum geologist and sedimentologist with 30 years of petroleum exploration in remote corners of the world Contains information pertinent to geophysicists geologists and petroleum reservoir engineers
ISBN: 0471829021 Binding: Hardcover Edition: 1st Author(s): Robert R. Compton Publisher: Wiley Number of Pages: 416
Replaces Compton's Manual of Field Geology (1962) A guide to advances in the increasingly broad and interpretive discipline of formation mapping theory Thorough yet compact enough for use in the field it consists of brief descriptions of textures and structures useful in interpreting depositional environments kinds of volcanic activity and plutonic events and conditions Included are procedures often reserved for the laboratory or office: staining rocks correcting orientations of current indicators constructing profile sections of folds measuring strains making photogeologic interpretations and more Covers pre-field considerations methods of observation and measurement recognition of key geologic features and preparation of a report Illustrated with composite drawings Fourteen appendixes provide systemized data and procedures
Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology (With CD-ROM)
ISBN: 0130920258 Binding: Paperback Edition: 7 Author(s): Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis Tasa Publisher: Prentice Hall Number of Pages: 670
For courses in Physical Geology This 1 book has a brand new supplements package that will make teaching the course easier than ever Pairing a great revision with the most compelling educational media available brings to life the Seventh Edition of this best-selling text A text-dedicated Website new GEODe III CD-ROM (included with every copy of the text) and more provide complete state-of-the-art multimedia Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology Seventh Edition retains the hallmark professors have come to expect from Tarbuck and Lutgens-a student-friendly writing style coverage of the most recent geologic events and carefully crafted accurate and appealing illustrations by the leading geologic illustrator Dennis Tasa
ISBN: 0073524085 Binding: Paperback Edition: 9 Author(s): Carla Montgomery Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Number of Pages: 576
Environmental Geology ninth edition presents the student with a broad overview of environmental geology The text looks both at how the earth developed into its present condition and where matters seem to be moving for the future It is hoped that this knowledge will provide the student with a useful foundation for discussing and evaluating specific environmental issues as well as for developing ideas about how the problems should be solved
ISBN: Binding: Kindle Edition Edition: Author(s): Toni Dwiggins Publisher: Toni Dwiggins Number of Pages:
NO WAY OUT--so says the note in the pocket of the murdered mayor
The volcano beneath her town is seething and the fate of Mammoth Lakes now rests in the hands of emergency planner Adrian Krom
But Krom has his own agenda
Investigating the case forensic geologist Cassie Oldfield tracks mineral clues to discover how the mayor died--and what she found As the volcano moves toward red alert Cassie races to prevent 'no way out' from becoming a prophecy
ISBN: 1905175078 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Linda Gillard Publisher: Clearway Logistics Phase 1a Number of Pages: 288
Rose Leonard is on the run from her life Taking refuge in a remote island community she cocoons herself in work silence and solitude in a house by the sea But she is haunted by her past by memories and desires she'd hoped were long dead Rose must decide whether she has in fact chosen a new life or just a different kind of death Life and love are offered by new friends her lonely daughter and most of all Calum a fragile younger man who has his own demons to exorcise But does Rose with her tenuous hold on life and sanity have the courage to say yes to life and put her past behind her
ISBN: Binding: Kindle Edition Edition: Abridged Author(s): Charles Lyell Publisher: ePenguin Number of Pages: 532
One of the key works in the nineteenth-century battle between science and Scripture Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology (1830-33) sought to explain the geological state of the modern Earth by considering the long-term effects of observable natural phenomena Written with clarity and a dazzling intellectual passion it is both a seminal work of modern geology and a compelling precursor to Darwinism exploring the evidence for radical changes in climate and geography across the ages and speculating on the progressive development of life A profound influence on Darwin Principles of Geology also captured the imagination of contemporaries such as Melville Emerson Tennyson and George Eliot transforming science with its depiction of the powerful forces that shape the natural world
