Geology

A synthesis of current knowledge on global extensional tectonics The extension of Earth’s lithosphere occurs at divergent plate boundaries as well as in plate interiors. The geological, geochemical, …

The world’s leading student text on physical volcanology offers an unmatched introduction to the field In the revised second edition of Fundamentals of Physical Volcanology, the authors provide a com …

Take a road trip through deep time and California history, with a friendly expert geologist at the wheel. From its epic earthquakes to its famed epithet ‘the Golden State, ‘ California as we know it …

The history of geosynthetics began over fifty years ago worldwide. It is still in the process of being written by engineers, researchers and enthusiasts, who see these products as a concrete response …

Soils are a vital resource in agricultural production. This book aims to provide an overview of several topics concerning agricultural soil management. Without claiming to be exhaustive, it neverthel …

Guiding the reader on five popular driving tours and five key hiking trails, this nontechnical guidebook indicates not-to-be-missed points of interest and describes the geological evolution associate …

The interior of our planet is one of the last ‘terra incognita’. Its chemical composition and onion-like structure of solid rocks and rare minerals make it a fascinating object. It is primarily its d …

Written for the general reader with an interest in geology, natural history, and the early explorations of the highest part of California’s Sierra Nevada range, this book is also an indispensable gui …

The Heart Mountain Detachment Fault (HMDF) is an immense geologic structure in northwest Wyoming that, as defined prior to this study, extends from just inside the northeast entrance of Yellowstone N …

Tennessee’s geologic history has evolved in myriad ways since its initial formation more than a billion years ago, settling into its current place on the North American supercontinent between 300 and …