Alexander von Humboldt 
Cosmos [PDF ebook] 
A Survey of the General Physical History of the Universe

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 silicate mantle and its dynamics have controlled the Earth’s internal cooling for over four billion years. Today, these dynamics are rather slow, but this was not always the case: shortly after t …

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 …