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Geology / by Woyt, Barbara A.,editor.; Gale (Firm);

Includes bibliographical references and index.The study of Earth's composition -- The study of Earth's structure -- The study of Earth's surface features and processes -- Earth's history -- Practical applications.This volume focuses on Earth's composition, including mineralogy and crystallography; igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic petrology; economic geology; and geochemistry. It investigates Earth's structure, which concerns geophysics, structural geology, tectonics, volcanology, and geodesy. Earth's surface features and processes are also explored. Historical geology, stratigraphy, paleontology, astrogeology, and geology's practical applications complete this resource.Grades 7 to 12.Description based on print version record.

Subjects: Geology.; Earth sciences.;

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Reading the rocks : the autobiography of the earth / by Bjornerud, Marcia.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and index.Acknowledgments -- Prologue : Stone Crazy. No place with no past -- The accidental diarist -- The Tao of Earth. The department of redundancy department, Inertia and spare parts -- Equals and opposites -- Going home to Mother Earth -- Everything old is new again -- The Earth fugue -- Reading rocks: a primer. Meeting rocks on common ground -- A rock by any other name -- Grammar and syntax of the three rock languages -- Mind the gap, what rocks don't tell us -- Putting everything in order -- Getting a date -- Peering into the primordial mists -- The great and the small. Geo-metry: Sizing up the Earth -- A sense of scale -- The importance of being erroneous -- Making retroactive measurements -- Tiny bubbles -- Stretchy coastlines and imperial microbes -- Lawmakers or outlaws? -- Measure for measure -- Mixing and sorting. Stars of rock and heavy metal -- Density is destiny -- Whither the water -- Mixed drinks and metaphors -- The mantle of power -- Waste management -- Mal de mer -- Only connect -- Innovation and conservation. You say you want a revolution -- The paradox of oxygen -- Coming out of the cold -- Swimming with the (not-yet-evolved) sharks -- An arthropod eat arthropod world -- The many legs of the arms race -- Communes and junkyards -- Something old, something new, everything borrowed -- Strength and weakness. Earth before geology -- Naming names and making maps -- A mechanical Earth -- The incredible shrinking Earth -- Earth unbound -- Epilogue: The once and future Earth -- Glossary -- Notes -- Index.This armchair guide to the making of the geologic record shows how to understand messages written in stone. To many of us, the Earth's crust is a relic of ancient, unknowable history--but to a geologist, stones are richly illustrated narratives, telling gothic tales of cataclysm and reincarnation. For more than four billion years, in beach sand, granite, and garnet schists, the planet has kept a rich and idiosyncratic journal of its past. Fulbright Scholar Bjornerud takes the reader along on an eye-opening tour of Deep Time, explaining what we see and feel beneath our feet. Both scientist and storyteller, Bjornerud uses anecdotes and metaphors to remind us that our home is a living thing with lessons to teach. She shows how our planet has long maintained a delicate balance, and how the global give-and-take has sustained life on Earth through numerous upheavals.--From publisher description.

Subjects: Geology.;

© c2005., Westview Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group,

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Principles of Geology / by Renneboog, Richard,editor.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Andesitic Rocks -- Aquifers -- Asteroids -- Athabasca Oil Sands -- Basaltic Rocks -- Batholiths -- Beaches and Coastal Processes -- Biogenic Sedimentary Rocks -- Bolides -- Boltwood Uses Radioactivity to Determine Ages of Rocks -- Carbonate Compensation Depths -- Carbonate Minerals -- Carbonatites -- Clays -- Clays and Clay Minerals -- Contact Metamorphism -- Coriolis Effect -- Crystals -- The "Deep-Impact" Mission: Geology of a Comet -- Deep-Sea Sedimentation -- Deglaciation -- Deltas -- Desert Landforms -- Desert Pavement -- Desertification -- Deserts -- Diagenesis -- Diamond -- Diatomite -- Doell and Dalrymple Discover the Magnetic Reversals of Earth's Poles -- Drainage Basins -- Earthquake Prediction -- Earthquakes -- Earth's Crust -- Earth's Internal Structure -- Earth's Moon -- Economic Geology -- Engineering Seismology -- Evaporites -- External Processes -- Extraterrestrial Resources -- Floods -- Fluvial and Karst Processes -- The Gaia Hypothesis -- Gem Minerals -- Geochemical Cycles -- Geologic Timescale -- Geology -- German Meteor Expedition Discovers the Mid-Atlantic Ridge -- Glaciations -- Glaciers -- Gondwanaland and Laurasia -- Granitic Rocks -- Gutenberg Discovers Earth's Mantle-Outer Core Boundary -- Heezen and Ewing Discover the Midoceanic Ridge -- Hess, Harry Hammond -- Hess Identifies the Cause of Continental Drift -- Hutton Proposes the Geological Theory of Uniformitarianism -- Igneous Processes, Rocks, and Mineral Deposits -- Internal Geologic Processes -- International System of Units -- Kimberlites -- Lehmann Discovers Earth's Inner Core -- Limestone -- Lithosphere -- Lomonosov Issues the First Catalog of Minerals.Lunar Exploration -- Magma Crystallization -- Marble -- Mars Exploration Rovers -- Mean Sea Level -- Metamictization -- Metamorphic Processes, Rocks, and Mineral Deposits -- Mineralization and Hydrothermal Solutions -- Mineralogy -- Mohs Hardness Scale -- Mountain Building -- Nesosilicates and Sorosilicates -- New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission -- Nonsilicates -- Nucleosynthesis -- Ocean Acidification -- Ocean Margins -- Oceans' Origin -- Oil Shale and Tar Sands -- Oldham and MohoroviCi@ Discover Earth's Interior Structure -- Ophiolites -- Orbicular Rocks -- Paleontology -- Physical Properties of Rocks -- Placer Deposits -- Planet Formation -- Planetary Exploration -- Planetary Interiors -- Plate Tectonics -- Plutonic Rocks and Mineral Deposits -- Pumice -- Pyroclastic Flows -- Quartz and Silica -- Reefs -- Regional Metamorphism -- Richter, Charles Francis -- Richter Develops a Scale for Measuring Earthquake Strength -- Riverbed Forms -- Salt Domes -- Sand and Gravel -- Sandstone -- Seafloor Spreading -- Secondary Enrichment of Mineral Deposits -- Sedimentary Processes, Rocks, and Mineral Deposits -- Shale -- Silicates -- Siliciclastic Rocks -- Slate -- Soils -- Steno Presents His Theories of Fossils and Dynamic Geology -- Streams and Rivers -- Structure and Physical Properties of Minerals -- Subduction and Orogeny -- Sub-Seafloor Metamorphism -- Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre -- Turbidity Currents and Submarine Fans -- Ultrahigh-Pressure Metamorphism -- Ultrapotassic Rocks -- Volcanoes -- Weathering -- Wegener, Alfred -- Wegener Proposes the Theory of Continental Drift -- Xenoliths -- Zeolites -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Organizations -- Subject Index.Provides students and researchers with an introduction to the fundamentals of geology, including entries that provide in-depth examinations of more than 100 topics.10-A.Mode of access: Internet.

Subjects: Geology.;

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Principles of Geology / by Renneboog, Richard,editor.; Salem Press,issuing body.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Geology explores the science about the solid Earth, the rocks that comprise it, and the processes by which they change over time. This volume also provides coverage of other Earth sciences, including hydrology and the atmospheric sciences, as they integrate into a major aspect of Earth's system and planetary science. Content includes broad categories of geology, as well as the wide variety of methods and tools used by geologists. Major categories in Principles of Geology include principles, historical discoveries, the Big Bang event, continental drift, geochemistry, resource recovery, paleontology, and extraterrestrial geology. Principles of Geology includes 130 entries arranged in A to Z order to help make finding a topic of interest easy. Entries related to basic principles and concepts include a list of the Fields of Study covered by the article; an Abstract that provides a brief, concrete summary of the topic and its significance; a list of Key Concepts with definitions, important to a proper understanding of the topic; and a detailed Essay that provides extensive background on the topic and explores its significance to the field of geology; and a list of Further Reading for those who wish to pursue the topic in more depth." --"Introduces students and researchers to the fundamentals of these scientific topics using easy-to-understand language for a solid background and a deeper understanding and appreciation. Major categories in Principles of Geology include principles, historical discoveries, the Big Bang event, continental drift, geochemistry, resource recovery, paleontology, and extraterrestrial geology"--Andesitic rocks -- Aquifers -- Asteroids -- Athabasca oil sands -- Basaltic rocks -- Batholiths -- Beaches and coastal processes -- Biogenic sedimentary rocks -- Bolides -- Boltwood uses radioactivity to determine ages of rocks -- Carbonate compensation depths -- Carbonate minerals -- Carbonatites -- Clays -- Clays and clay minerals -- Contact metamorphism -- Coriolis effect -- Crystals -- The "deep-impact" mission: geology of a comet -- Deep-sea sedimentation -- Deglaciation -- Deltas -- Desert landforms -- Desert pavement -- Desertification -- Deserts -- Diagenesis -- Diamond -- Diatomite -- Doell and Dalrymple discover the magnetic reversals of Earth's poles -- Drainage basins -- Earthquake prediction -- Earthquakes -- Earth's crust -- Earth's internal structure -- Earth's moon -- Economic geology -- Engineering seismology -- Evaporites -- External processes -- Extraterrestrial resources -- Floods -- Fluvial and karst processes -- The Gaia hypothesis -- Gem minerals -- Geochemical cycles -- Geologic timescale -- Geology -- German meteor expedition discovers the mid-Atlantic ridge -- Glaciations -- Glaciers -- Gondwanaland and Laurasia -- Granitic rocks -- Gutenberg discovers Earth's mantle-outer core boundary -- Heezen and Ewing discover the midoceanic ridge -- Hess, Harry Hammond -- Hess identifies the cause of continental drift -- Hutton proposes the geological theory of uniformitarianism -- Igneous processes, rocks, and mineral deposits -- Internal geologic processes -- International system of units -- Kimberlites -- Lehmann discovers Earth's inner core -- Limestone -- Lithosphere -- Lomonosov issues the first catalog of minerals -- Lunar exploration --Magma crystallization -- Marble -- Mars exploration rovers -- Mean sea level -- Metamictization -- Metamorphic processes, rocks, and mineral deposits -- Mineralization and hydrothermal solutions -- Mineralogy -- Mohs hardness scale -- Mountain building -- Nesosilicates and sorosilicates -- New horizons Pluto-Kuiper belt mission -- Nonsilicates -- Nucleosynthesis -- Ocean acidification -- Ocean margins -- Oceans' origin -- Oil shale and tar sands -- Oldham and Mohorovičić discover Earth's interior structure -- Ophiolites -- Orbicular rocks -- Paleontology -- Physical properties of rocks -- Placer deposits -- Planet formation -- Planetary exploration -- Planetary interiors -- Plate tectonics -- Plutonic rocks and mineral deposits -- Pumice -- Pyroclastic flows -- Quartz and silica -- Reefs -- Regional metamorphism -- Richter, Charles Francis -- Richter develops a scale for measuring earthquake strength -- Riverbed forms -- Salt domes -- Sand and gravel -- Sandstone -- Seafloor spreading -- Secondary enrichment of mineral deposits -- Sedimentary processes, rocks, and mineral deposits -- Shale -- Silicates -- Siliciclastic rocks -- Slate -- Soils -- Steno presents his theories of fossils and dynamic geology -- Streams and rivers -- Structure and physical properties of minerals -- Subduction and orogeny -- Sub-seafloor metamorphism -- Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre -- Turbidity currents and submarine fans -- Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism -- Ultrapotassic rocks -- Volcanoes -- Weathering -- Wegener, Alfred -- Wegener proposes the theory of continental drift -- Xenoliths -- Zeolites.High school and undergraduate level students.

Subjects: Geology.;

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The Earth : an intimate history / by Fortey, Richard A.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 486-488) and index.

Subjects: Historical geology.;

© 2004., HarperCollins,

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Catastrophes! : earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and other earth-shattering disasters / by Prothero, Donald R.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Earthquakes : the Earth in upheaval -- Tsunamis : the sea rises up -- Volcanoes : the Earth's cauldron -- Landslides : gravity always wins -- Floods : raging waters -- Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons : nature on the rampage -- Tornadoes : funnels of disaster -- Blizzard : white death -- Ice ages : frozen planet -- Greenhouse planet : too hot to handle? -- Mass extinctions : when life nearly died -- Can we survive nature and our own folly?Devastating natural disasters have profoundly shaped human history, leaving us with a respect for the mighty power of the Earth, and a humbling view of our future. The author, a paleontologist and a geologist tells the harrowing human stories behind these catastrophic events. He describes in detail some of the most important natural disasters in history: the New Madrid, Missouri, earthquakes of 1811-1812 that caused church bells to ring in Boston; the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people; the massive volcanic eruptions of Krakatau, Mount Tambora, Mount Vesuvius, Mount St. Helens, and Nevado del Ruiz. His explanations of the forces that caused these disasters accompany accounts of terrifying human experiences and a staggering loss of human life. Floods that wash out whole regions, earthquakes that level a single country, hurricanes that destroy everything in their path, all are here to remind us of how little control we have over the natural world. Photographs and eyewitness accounts recall the devastation wrought by these events, and the people that are caught up in the Earth's relentless forces.

Subjects: Geschiedenis (vorm); Catastrophes (Geology);

© 2011., Johns Hopkins University Press,

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Geology of Michigan / by Dorr, John Adam,1922-; Eschman, Donald F.,1923-joint author.;

Bibliography: p. 451-457.Introduction -- Earth history and geologic time -- General geologic setting of Michigan -- Precambrian eras -- The Paleozoic -- era of inland seas -- The lost interval -- The Pleistocene (Ice Age) epoch -- The Great Lakes in late glacial and postglacial time -- Water and wind in Michigan -- Petroleum and natural gas in Michigan -- Minerals in Michigan -- Rocks -- Fossil invertebrates -- Fossil vertebrates in Michigan -- Fossil plants in Michigan.Offers descriptions of the principal geologic features of the state, explain the origin of these features, and portray the geologic evolution of Michigan from earliest times to the present. [from publisher's description].

Subjects: Geology;

© [1970], University of Michigan Press

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Earth : An Intimate History. by Fortey, Richard A.;

The acclaimed author of Trilobite! and Life takes us on a grand tour of the earth's physical past, showing how the history of plate tectonics is etched in the landscape around us. * "Absorbing.... Cinematic.... The ultimate travel book, a guidebook that should be read by every person who wants to really know and understand the place we live on." --The New York Times 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.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Historical geology.;

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Why geology matters : decoding the past, anticipating the future / by Macdougall, J. D.,1944-;

"Volcanic dust, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes--geoscience explores phenomena that profoundly affect our lives. But more than that, as Doug Macdougall makes clear, the science also provides important clues to the future of the planet. In an entertaining and accessibly written narrative, Macdougall gives an overview of Earth's astonishing history based on information extracted from rocks, ice cores, and other natural archives. He explores such questions as: What is the risk of an asteroid striking Earth? Why does the temperature of the ocean millions of years ago matter today? How are efforts to predict earthquakes progressing? Macdougall also explains the legacy of greenhouse gases from Earth's past and shows how that legacy shapes our understanding of today's human-caused climate change. We find that geoscience in fact illuminates many of today's most pressing issues--the availability of energy, access to fresh water, sustainable agriculture, maintaining biodiversity--and we discover how, by applying new technologies and ideas, we can use it to prepare for the future"--Provided by publisher."Macdougall delves into key processes and events in Earth's geologic history, how science has uncovered the story of the planet's past, and how this knowledge could help us to forecast, predict, or adapt to future examples of such geologic hazards as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, supereruptions from 'hot spots,' or impacts from extraterrestrial objects"--Provided by publisher.Includes bibliographical references and index.Set in stone -- Building our planet -- Close encounters -- The first two billion years -- Wandering plates -- Shaky foundations -- Mountains, life, and the Big Chill -- Cold times -- The Great Warming -- Reading LIPs -- Restless giants -- Swimming, crawling, and flying toward the present -- Why geology matters.

Subjects: Historical geology.;

© c2011., University of California Press,

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Geopedia : A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities. by Bjornerud, Marcia.; Hagerman, Haley.;

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acasta Gneiss The Old World -- Allochthon Rocks that roam -- Amethyst Purple haze -- Amygdule On the bubble -- Anthropocene It's about time -- Areology Wars of the Worlds -- Benioff-Wadati Zone Off the deep end -- Bioturbation The worm churns -- Boudin Secrets of sausage making -- Breccia You're breaking up -- Brimstone Volcanic theology -- Chondrite Recipe for a small planet -- Cryogenian Many are cold but few are frozen -- Darcy A truth universally acknowledged -- Deborah Number Beyond measure -- Dreikanter Three, of a kind -- Eclogite Pulling its weight -- Ediacara Peaceable kingdom -- Erg The sands of time -- Firn Snows of yesteryear -- Gastrolith From the gizzards of lizards -- Geodynamo Electromagnetic blanket -- Geophagy Raw terroir -- Geosyncline Magic mountains -- Granitization Igneous agnostics -- Grus Things fall apart -- Haboob Dust in the wind -- Hoodoo Hats off -- Jökulhlaup Breaking the ice -- Karst The holey land -- Katabatic Winds Blow me down -- Kimberlite Diamonds are ephemeral -- Klippe Strata gone astray -- Komatiite The rock that went extinct -- Lahar Abhorrent torrent -- Lazarus Taxa Zombie fossils -- Lusi Its name is Mud -- Moho Setting boundaries -- Mylonite Faulty logic -- Namakier Salt - water = taffy -- Nuée Ardente Cloud with a white-hot lining -- Nunatak Peaks in a blanket -- Nutation Nodding off -- Oklo The original Manhattan project -- Ophiolite Crocodile rock -- Panthalassa Oceans of time -- Pedogenesis Dirt rich -- Pingo Young as the hills -- Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis -- Polynya Window of opportunity -- Porphyry All crystals great and small -- Pseudotachylyte Hot flashes -- Rapakivi Oddballs -- Scree Slippery slopes -- Skarn A slow roast.Slickensides Science friction -- Speleothem Drip feed -- Stygobite What lives beneath -- Stylolite Marble marvels -- Sverdrup Current affairs -- Taphonomy What becomes a fossil most -- Thalweg The valley below -- Thixotropy Call me quick -- Tiktaalik Fish out of water -- Tully Monster Alien autopsy -- Turbidite Muddy waters -- Twist Hackle Give me a break -- Unconformity Conspicuous absence -- Uniformitarianism Same as it ever was -- Varve Dear diary -- Xenolith Wayfaring stranger -- Yardang Gone with the wind -- Yazoo Parallel lives -- Zircon I will survive -- Appendix 1. Simplified Geologic Timescale -- Appendix 2. Entries by Language of Origin -- Appendix 3. Entries by Topical Category -- Appendix 4. Entries by Geographic Location -- Appendix 5. Biographical References -- Useful References.Geopedia is a trove of geologic wonders and the evocative terms that humans have devised to describe them. Featuring dozens of entries―from Acasta gneiss to Zircon―this illustrated compendium is brimming with lapidary and lexical insights that will delight rockhounds and word lovers alike.Geoscientists are magpies for words, and with good reason. The sheer profusion of minerals, landforms, and geologic events produced by our creative planet demands an immense vocabulary to match. Marcia Bjornerud shows how this lexicon reflects not only the diversity of rocks and geologic processes but also the long history of human interactions with them.With wit and warmth, she invites all readers to celebrate the geologic glossary―a gallimaufry of allusions to mythology, imports from diverse languages, embarrassing anachronisms, and recent neologisms. This captivating book includes cross-references at the end of each entry, inviting you to leave the alphabetic trail and meander through it like a river. Its pocket-friendly size makes it the perfect travel companion no matter where your own geologic forays may lead you.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Geology-Encyclopedias.;

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