This highly illustrated series examines, at introductory and general readership level, the world of geology. The volumes cover everything from the basic building blocks of geological study, fossils and minerals, to the complex workings of plate tectonics.
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This highly illustrated series examines, at introductory and general readership level, the world of geology. The volumes cover everything from the basic building blocks of geological study, fossils and minerals, to the complex workings of plate tectonics.
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Very Good Minus. No Jacket. Book Book is slightly our of alignment--back cover does not close properly. Nice, clean, tight copy. NOT ex-library. From Booklist: "In the first chapter, Erickson reveals the physical mechanisms responsible for most geologic cataclysms. Dubbing them the 'new geology, ' Erickson masterfully presents these mechanisms--plate movements and mantle convections--so as to intrigue the reader with them through accounts of earthquakes, volcanoes, and tidal waves in all corners of the world. Yet he also affords a generous sampling of more common cataclysms, including landslides, soil creep, mudflows, and wind-induced dust storms and their marine counterparts, submarine slides. Erickson reviews glaciation both past and present as well as the effects of foreign objects from space. Particularly striking is the concluding chapter's discussion of issues of cause and effect in accounting for extinctions."
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Used-VeryGood in Very Good jacket. Hardcover in very good condition. DJ in very good condition. Tight binding. Previous owner marking inside front cover in blue ink, covered by black marker. First loose end page has personalized library embosser of previous owner. Pages are bright. Overall very good condition.
