Insights
Author : Clair Ossian
Publisher : Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 45,43 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780757553011
Fundamentals of Physical Geology
Author : Sreepat Jain
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 8132215397
Book Description
Physical Geology is a vast subject and it is not possible to cover all aspects in one book. This book does not invent the wheel but merely put together sets of updated but concise material on Physical Geology with lots of illustrations. All illustrations are created by hand and give a real classroom feel to the book. Students or readers can easily reproduce them by hand. This is a book, where a diagram says it all. The book is divided into four parts. The first part “The Solar System and Cosmic Bodies” deals with elements of our Solar System and the cosmic bodies around it (like meteorites, asteroids, etc.). The second part “The Earth Materials” deals with Earth and its internal structure. The third part “The Hydrologic System” is more exhaustive and deals with the hydrological system of the Earth including Weathering and Mass Wasting, Streams, Groundwater, Karst, Glaciers, Oceans and Aeolian Processes and Landforms. The fourth and the final part “The Tectonic System” deals with different aspects of Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes.
Stratigraphical Geology and Palaeontology
Author : Robert Etheridge
Publisher :
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 16,93 MB
Release : 1885
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Geology and Paleontology of the Miocene Sinap Formation, Turkey
Author : Mikael Fortelius
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,14 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231113588
Book Description
The Sinap Formation in central Turkey near the city of Ankara preserves a rich record of mammalian evolution from about 15 to 5 million years ago and is one of the few sites in this region that also has fossil apes. It is unique among other fossil localities from Europe to Western Asia in that it has a thick stratigraphic section and preserves a long record of geological time. The authors have been able to piece together a detailed record of faunal change and, by adding paleomagnetic and radiometric dating techniques, have produced a chronostratigraphy for the Formation. Because of the dual importance of the rich record of the fossils, and the dating of the sediments, the editors have been able to attract some of the leading authorities on Eurasian Neogene paleontology and geology to contribute to this reference work. The results from the Sinap Formation will be the template against which other sites from Europe to Asia are compared.
Applied Palaeontology
Author : Robert Wynn Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 17,98 MB
Release : 2006-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521841992
Book Description
Palaeontology has developed from a descriptive science to an analytical science used to interpret relationships between earth and life history. This book highlights its key role in the study of the evolving earth, life history and environmental processes. After an introduction to fossils and their classification, each of the principal fossil groups are studied in detail, covering their biology, morphology, classification, palaeobiology and biostratigraphy. The latter sections focus on the applications of fossils in the interpretation of earth and life processes and environments.
Physical Geology
Author : Steven Earle
Publisher :
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 19,12 MB
Release : 2016-08-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781537068824
Book Description
This is a discount Black and white version. Some images may be unclear, please see BCCampus website for the digital version.This book was born out of a 2014 meeting of earth science educators representing most of the universities and colleges in British Columbia, and nurtured by a widely shared frustration that many students are not thriving in courses because textbooks have become too expensive for them to buy. But the real inspiration comes from a fascination for the spectacular geology of western Canada and the many decades that the author spent exploring this region along with colleagues, students, family, and friends. My goal has been to provide an accessible and comprehensive guide to the important topics of geology, richly illustrated with examples from western Canada. Although this text is intended to complement a typical first-year course in physical geology, its contents could be applied to numerous other related courses.
Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology
Author : Sreepat Jain
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 16,19 MB
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 8132239628
Book Description
This book provides practical morphological information, together with detailed illustrations and brief explanatory texts. Each chapter starts with a brief introduction, and goes on to describe the respective organism’s morphology in detail through numerous illustrations. This is followed by a brief note on its classification, and concludes with illustrated examples of stratigraphically important organisms through time with their major distinguishing characteristics. Featuring over 2500 clearly labelled, hand-drawn and classroom-friendly illustrations, the book offers a fundamental resource for budding palaeontologists, petroleum geologists and palaeobiologists.
STRATIGRAPHY, PALAEONTOLOGY AND PETROLOGY Geology
Author : U. D. Kulkarni
Publisher :
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 15,87 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789389825411
Book Description
Geology is an inter-discipliry science and the advance made in its understanding is based on valuable research contributed from the other sciences. This has given rise to a host of specialised fields such as environmental geology, marine geology, photogeology and mining geology, to me a few. This book has been written for the first year students of Geology and also for those who have opted for Geology as one of their subjects for competitive examitions such as UPSC, MPSC and others.
Paleontology
Author : David Bainbridge
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 11,89 MB
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 0691235929
Book Description
An illustrated look at the art and science of paleontology from its origins to today Humans have been stumbling upon the petrified remains of ancient animals since prehistoric times, leading to tales of giant dogs, deadly dragons, tree gods, sea serpents, and all manner of strange and marvelous creatures. In this richly illustrated book, David Bainbridge recounts how legends like these gradually gave rise to the modern science of paleontology, and how this pioneering discipline has reshaped our view of the natural world. Bainbridge takes readers from ancient Greece to the eighteenth century, when paleontology began to coalesce into the scientific field we know today, and discusses how contemporary paleontologists use cutting-edge technologies to flesh out the discoveries of past and present. He brings to life the stories and people behind some of the greatest fossil finds of all time, and explains how paleontology has long straddled the spheres of science and art. Bainbridge also looks to the future of the discipline, discussing how the rapid recovery of DNA and other genetic material from the fossil record promises to revolutionize our understanding of the origins and evolution of ancient life. This panoramic book brings together stunning illustrations ranging from early sketches and engravings to eye-popping paleoart and high-tech computer reconstructions.
History of Geology and Palaeontology to the End of the Nineteenth Century
Author : Karl Alfred von Zittel
Publisher :
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 45,89 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Geology
ISBN :
