Geologia

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 …

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 …

New insights into geologic and tectonic processes in Alaska and northwestern Canada The northwest of the North American continent is geologically dynamic and tectonically active. A network of seismic …

Spanning Tennessee from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Mississippi River, Interstate 40 is more than just a convenient roadway. It afford travelers the opportunity to observe the state’s geologic a …

How fossilized reefs hold clues to the survival of corals in the Anthropocene With rising global temperatures, pollution, overfishing, ocean acidification, and other problems caused by humans, there’ …

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 …

Distributed Acoustic Sensing in Borehole Geophysics Borehole geophysics involves measuring, imaging, and monitoring subsurface structures and activities by putting instruments into wellbores. Distrib …

First published in 1831, this volume contains a vintage treatise on geology, with a focus on the formation of the earth. Although much of the information is now out-dated, ‘A Brief Treatise on Geolog …

Develop critical thinking skills as you explore what to believe and why you believe it! To understand earth science, it requires “teamwork, ” combining the methods and evidences of both science and h …

This book analyzes and studies a large number of geological data in the world by dividing the world into eight types of tectonic systems for the first time. It then puts forward the evolution charact …