Historical geology books

641 books were found.

Tectonic Evolution of the Moroccan High Atlas: A Paleomagnetic Perspective: Magnetic Techniques (Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility and Paleomagnetism) Applied to the Understanding of the Evolution of an Intra-Plate Mountain Chain

Tectonic Evolution of the Moroccan High Atlas: A Paleomagnetic...

Author: Pablo Calvín ,  Antonio M. Casas-Sainz
ISBN: 9783031166921
Format: Hardback
$413.97

This book presents a significant amount of structural, paleomagnetic and magnetic fabric data in the Central High...  Read More >>

A Gift of Geology: Ancient Egyptian Landscapes and Monuments

A Gift of Geology: Ancient Egyptian Landscapes and Monuments...

Author: Colin D. Reader
ISBN: 9781649032188
Format: Paperback
$79.07

An introduction to the geology of Egypt and its influence on ancient Egyptian culture While much is known about...  Read More >>

Structural Geology and Tectonics Field Guidebook—Volume 2

Structural Geology and Tectonics Field Guidebook—Volume...

Author: Soumyajit Mukherjee
ISBN: 9783031195754
Format: Paperback
$258.72

This book is the second volume of an edited work aiming to help novice geologists to explore terrains independently....  Read More >>

Meso-Neoproterozoic Geology and Petroleum Resources in China

Meso-Neoproterozoic Geology and Petroleum Resources...

Author: Tieguan Wang
ISBN: 9789811956652
Format: Hardback
$517.47

This book focuses on Meso- to Neoproterozoic geology and Petroleum resources in China. This work will appeal to...  Read More >>

A Guide to Australian Rocks, Fossils and Landscapes: More than 200 amazing geo-sites and landforms, from meteor craters to fossil beds

A Guide to Australian Rocks, Fossils and Landscapes:...

Author: Russell Ferrett
ISBN: 9781925546873
Format: Paperback
$35.00

A GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN ROCKS, FOSSILS AND LANDSCAPES is a collection of stand-alone explanations of more than 200...  Read More >>

Mountains, Volcanoes, Coasts and Caves: Origins of Aotearoa New Zealand's Natural Wonders

Mountains, Volcanoes, Coasts and Caves: Origins of Aotearoa...

Author: Bruce W. Hayward ,  Alastair Jamieson
ISBN: 9781869409678
Format: Paperback
$240.64

A guided tour through 500 million years of history – and a spectacular introduction to the natural wonders of Aotearoa...  Read More >>

The Road to Gondwana: In search of the lost supercontinent

The Road to Gondwana: In search of the lost supercontinent...

Author: Bill Morris
ISBN: 9781922539335
Format: Hardback
$39.99

This is the story of a journey. Actually, it’s a story of many journeys, of paths woven through the fabric of Earth’s...  Read More >>

Cumbria Rocks: 60 extraordinary rocky places that tell the story of the Cumbrian landscape

Cumbria Rocks: 60 extraordinary rocky places that tell...

Author: Ian Jackson
ISBN: 9781916237681
Format: Paperback
$36.22

For everyone curious about their landscape, this book reveals the full history of Cumbria through tales of 60 special...  Read More >>

Tuzo: The Unlikely Revolutionary of Plate Tectonics

Tuzo: The Unlikely Revolutionary of Plate Tectonics...

Author: Nick Eyles
ISBN: 9781487524579
Format: Paperback
$89.99

Tuzo is the never-before-told story of one of Canada’s most influential scientists and the discovery of plate tectonics,...  Read More >>

James Hutton: The Genius of Time

James Hutton: The Genius of Time

Author: Ray Perman
ISBN: 9781780277851
Format: Hardback
$57.99

This is the first complete biography of James Hutton, the father of modern geology, who was also a man of immensely...  Read More >>

The Cruise of the Betsey and Rambles of a Geologist

The Cruise of the Betsey and Rambles of a Geologist...

Author: Hugh Miller ,  Doctor Dr Michael A. Taylor
ISBN: 9781910682364
Format: Paperback
$64.69

This work is a facsimile reprint of Hugh Miller's 1857 notes recording his rambles around Scotland in the mid 1840s....  Read More >>

Continental Rifted Margins 2: Case Examples

Continental Rifted Margins 2: Case Examples

Author: Gwenn Peron-Pinvidic
ISBN: 9781789450620
Format: Hardback
$273.95

"Rifted margins mark the transition between continents and oceans, which are the two first-order types of land masses...  Read More >>

Continental Rifted Margins 1: Definition and Methodology

Continental Rifted Margins 1: Definition and Methodology...

Author: Gwenn Peron-Pinvidic
ISBN: 9781789450613
Format: Hardback
$273.95

"Rifted margins mark the transition between continents and oceans, which are the two first-order types of land masses...  Read More >>

The Ice Age

The Ice Age

Author: Jürgen Ehlers
ISBN: 9783662645895
Format: Hardback
$116.41

Nothing new from the Ice Age? The sequence of the individual ice advances, the direction of ice movement and the...  Read More >>

Cave and Karst Systems of Hungary

Cave and Karst Systems of Hungary

Author: Márton Veress ,  Szabolcs Leél-Őssy
ISBN: 9783030929596
Format: Hardback
$362.22

This book describes Hungarian karst areas and Hungarian karst research results.  Read More >>

The Great Basin Seafloor: Exploring the Ancient Oceans of the Desert West

The Great Basin Seafloor: Exploring the Ancient Oceans...

Author: Frank DeCourten
ISBN: 9781647690496
Format: Paperback
$98.20

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London Clay: Journeys in the Deep City

London Clay: Journeys in the Deep City

Author: Tom Chivers
ISBN: 9781529176711
Format: Paperback
$29.99

London Clay is a lyrical exploration of a city's hidden history. Written in rich and vivid prose, Chivers leads...  Read More >>

Essex Rock: Geology Beneath the Landscape

Essex Rock: Geology Beneath the Landscape

Author: Ian Mercer ,  Ros Mercer
ISBN: 9781784272791
Format: Paperback
$77.60

A copiously illustrated and fascinating geological story, from the birth of Essex 500 million years ago near the...  Read More >>

Southern Scotland: Landscapes in Stone

Southern Scotland: Landscapes in Stone

Author: Alan McKirdy
ISBN: 9781780277486
Format: Paperback
$19.99

The south of Scotland has a long and turbulent geological past. Perhaps most notably, it marks the place where,...  Read More >>

The Small Isles: Landscapes in Stone

The Small Isles: Landscapes in Stone

Author: Alan McKirdy
ISBN: 9781780277509
Format: Paperback
$19.99

The Small Isles comprise the Inner Hebridean islands of Rum, Eigg, Canna and Muck. The landscapes of these beautiful,...  Read More >>

Central Scotland: Landscapes in Stone

Central Scotland: Landscapes in Stone

Author: Alan McKirdy
ISBN: 9781780277493
Format: Paperback
$19.99

This history of the geology of Central Scotland begins 400 million years ago and brings the reader on a remarkable...  Read More >>

The Greywacke: How a Priest, a Soldier and a School Teacher Uncovered 300 Million Years of History

The Greywacke: How a Priest, a Soldier and a School...

Author: Nick Davidson
ISBN: 9781788163781
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The story of three 19th-century geologists whose fraternal rivalry ended up rewriting the history of our planet....  Read More >>

The Geology of Iran: Tectonic, Magmatism and Metamorphism

The Geology of Iran: Tectonic, Magmatism and Metamorphism...

Author: Mansour Ghorbani
ISBN: 9783030711115
Format: Paperback
$206.97

This book describes the geological setting of Iran throughout geological history, referring to paleogeography and...  Read More >>

Tectonics of the Arctic

Tectonics of the Arctic

Author: Oleg V. Petrov ,  Morten Smelror
ISBN: 9783030468644
Format: Paperback
$272.98

The book gives an overview of the tectonic, geological, potential fields, etc maps of the Arctic that were compiled...  Read More >>

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