Author : James C. Brice
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 12,32 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN :
Using case studies and field photographs, this lab manual covers the historical geology sediments, plate tectonics, paleontology, and petrology in self-contained units. It is meant for non-majors and combined courses in historical geology. The exercises emphasize the methods by which geologists discover the origins and nature of our planet.
Author : James C. Brice
Publisher :
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 22,82 MB
Release : 1969
Category :
ISBN :
Author : James Coble Brice
Publisher :
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 24,80 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Geology
ISBN : 9780697050571
Author : Pamela J. W. Gore
Publisher : Wiley Global Education
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 19,62 MB
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 1118473183
This lab manual is accessible to science and nonscience majors and also provides a strong background for geology and other science majors. Concepts carry over from one lab to the next and are reinforced so that at the end of the semester, the students have experience at interpreting the rock record and an understanding of how the process of science works.
Author : Bradley Deline
Publisher :
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 39,8 MB
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781940771366
Developed by three experts to coincide with geology lab kits, this laboratory manual provides a clear and cohesive introduction to the field of geology. Introductory Geology is designed to ease new students into the often complex topics of physical geology and the study of our planet and its makeup. This text introduces readers to the various uses of the scientific method in geological terms. Readers will encounter a comprehensive yet straightforward style and flow as they journey through this text. They will understand the various spheres of geology and begin to master geological outcomes which derive from a growing knowledge of the tools and subjects which this text covers in great detail.
Author : Paul Selden
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 21,84 MB
Release : 2008-03-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 1840765070
Most major recent advances in understanding the history of life on Earth have been through the study of exceptionally well preserved biotas (Fossil-Lagerstätten). These are windows on the history of life on Earth and can provide a fairly complete picture of the evolution of ecosystems through time. This book follows the success of Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems by the same authors which covered Fossil-Lagerstätten around the world. The success of the first book prompted this new book which draws on four localities from the original book and adds another ten, all located in North America. Following an introduction to Fossil-Lagerstätten, each chapter deals with a single fossil locality. Each chapter contains a brief introduction placing the Lagerstätte in an evolutionary context; there then follows a history of study of the locality; the background sedimentology, stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment; a description of the biota; discussion of the palaeoecology, and a comparison with other Lagerstätten of a similar age and/or environment. At the end of the book is an Appendix listing museums in which to see exhibitions of fossils from each locality and suggestions for visiting the sites.
Author : Harold Levin
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,21 MB
Release : 2007-09-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780073050720
Utilizing actual case studies and field photographs, this successful lab manual covers the full spectrum of historical geology sediments, plate tectonics, paleontology, and petrology in flexible, self-contained units. This manual has been developed for use in both non-majors and combined courses in historical geology. The exercises emphasize the principles and methods by which geologists discover the origins and changing nature of our planet. These exercises or "studies" will help students understand how ancient conditions can be read from rocks and fossils, how geologic forces at the surface and within the planet can alter the environment, and how events of the past can be placed within an integrated chronological sequence. The exercises are designed for students who may not intend to specialize in geology. This does not mean, however, that the treatment is superficial, nor that it cannot give adequate preparation for students pursuing an academic major in the earth sciences.
Author : Bruno Latour
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 49,96 MB
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1400820413
This highly original work presents laboratory science in a deliberately skeptical way: as an anthropological approach to the culture of the scientist. Drawing on recent work in literary criticism, the authors study how the social world of the laboratory produces papers and other "texts,"' and how the scientific vision of reality becomes that set of statements considered, for the time being, too expensive to change. The book is based on field work done by Bruno Latour in Roger Guillemin's laboratory at the Salk Institute and provides an important link between the sociology of modern sciences and laboratory studies in the history of science.
Author : Scott Ritter
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 26,39 MB
Release : 2023-02-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 1478650923
Historical geology courses require clear, practical examinations of pertinent concepts and procedures. The authors of Interpreting Earth History provide full-color, stand-alone exercises that identify and augment the critical features that make the identification of geologic formations possible. The Ninth Edition continues a legacy of exceptional coverage, providing the flexibility and scope necessary to engage students with geological data from a variety of sources and scales to explain geological patterns. Students will become more proficient in their ability to see and recognize geological patterns as well as the compositional and textural attributes of rocks and fossils. This classroom-tested laboratory manual has been updated and now includes an exercise that addresses the concept of climate change from the perspective of deep time.
Author : Steven M. Stanley
Publisher :
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 31,60 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Historical geology
ISBN : 9780716733775
Using the earth system approach, Steven M. Stanley shows how Earth's ecosystem has developed over time, and how events in the past can help us deal with present and future changes.
