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Annals Of the Former World
by John McPhee
Annals of the Former World is a book on geology written by John McPhee and published in 1998 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. The book presents a geological history of North America, and was researched and written over the course of two decades beginning in 1978."Most mountain ranges around the world are the result of compression, of segments of the earth's crust being brought together, bent, mashed, thrust and folded, squeezed up into the sky-- the...
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Assembling California
by John McPhee
At various times in a span of fifteen years, John McPhee made geological field surveys in the company of Eldridge Moores, a tectonicist at the University of California at Davis. The result of these trips is Assembling California, a cross-section in human and geologic time, from Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada through the golden foothills of the Mother Lode and across the Great Central Valley to the wine country of the Coast Ranges, the rock of San Francisco, and the San Andreas family of faults. The two...
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Encounters With the Archdruid
by John McPhee
Encounters with the Archdruid is a narrative nonfiction book by author John McPhee. The book is split into three parts, each covering environmentalist David Brower's confrontations with his ideological enemies. The book chronicles his struggles against miners, developers and finally the United States Bureau of Reclamation. McPhee blurs traditional journalism, the reporting of facts and accounting of events, with thematic elements more common to fiction. Throughout the work is devised to the contrasting...
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The End Of Nature
by Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben has written several hundred pieces for The New Yorker. His writings on nature have also appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and other national publications. He and his wife live in the Adirondack Mountains of New York.
Ecology Of Fear
by Mike Davis
A former meatcutter and long-distance truck driver, Mike Davis has taught urban theory at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, was a fellow at the Getty Institute, and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. He is the author of Prisoners of the American Dream and City of Quartz. He was born in Fontana, a suburb of Los Angeles, and now lives in Pasadena.
De Re Metallica
by Georgius Agricola
De re metallica (Latin for On the Nature of Metals) is a book cataloguing the state of the art of mining, refining, and smelting metals, published in 1556. The author was Georg Bauer, whose pen name was the Latinized Georgius Agricola. The book remained the authoritative text on mining for 180 years after its publication. Agricola had spent nine years in the Bohemian town of Joachimsthal, now in the Czech Republic. (Joachimsthal is famous for its silver mines and the origin of the word "Thaler.
Gyn/Ecology
by Mary Daly
Mary Daly (1928–2010) was a world-renowned radical feminist philosopher who held doctorates in theology and philosophy from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Her groundbreaking books include Church and Second Sex, Beyond God the Father, Gyn/Ecology, Pure Lust, Websters' First New Intergalatic Wickedary of the English Languague (Conjured in Cahoots with Jane Caputi), and Outercourse.
Gemstones Of the World -- Revised and Expanded Edition
by Walter Schumann
English translation of: Edelsteine und Schmucksteine.
Includes index.
Includes index.
Earth Science Books & Ephemera
The volumetric properties of aqueous sodium chloride solutions from 0 to 500 C at pressures up to 2000 bars based on a regression of available data ... Preliminary Steam Tables for Nac1 Solutions
by Potter, Robert W
Washington, D. C.: U. S. Govt. Print. Off, 1977. Paperback. Very Good+. Unmarked. ; Book Description; Spine has staples. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with wear as noted. Ships Safe and Fast; U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin; Vol. 1421C; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 36 pages DU1.
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Index to the Geologic Names of North America
by Wilson, D. Et Al
Washington, D. C.: USGS, 1959. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good-. Unmarked. Mild fading around spine area and small disturbance on top of front cover. Probably never been read. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. ; Geological Survey Bulletin; Vol. 1056B; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 407-621 pages DS1.
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Hydrology
by BRATER, C . O . WISLER and E. F
New York: JOHN WILEY & SONS, Inc, 1963. Second Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Unmarked, except for name sticker on inside front cover and engineer stamps on front and back cover pages. Mild wear on most corners. Stamp on front cover. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. Book Published without Dust Jacket.; Textbook; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall;...
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Dating Young Sediments
by Hurford, A. J.; Jager, E.; Ten Cate, J. A. M
Bangkok, Thailand: CCOP Technical Secretariat, 1986. orange boards, corners bumped, edge wear, DUP written on top right corner, 393 pages, unmarked, binding very good. good/none. Proceedings of the workshop held in Beijing, People's Republic of China September 10-20, 1985 DL3.
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The Reconnaissance Geology and Mineral Resources of Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County, Oregon Bulletin 66
by Petersenon, N. V. , and McIntyre, J. R
Portland, Oregon: State of Oregon, 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Unmarked. , except for previous owner's name on insid cover. Probably never been read. Map in packet in back intact. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 70 pages DN5.
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Tectonic Geomorphology
by Burbank, Douglas W. & Robert S. Anderson
New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. Tectonic geomorphology is the study of the interplay between tectonic and surface processes that shape the landscape in regions of active deformation. Recent advances in the quantification of rates and physical basis of tectonic and surface processes have rejuvenated the field of...
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The Lance Formation--petrography and stratigraphy, Powder River Basin and nearby basins, Wyoming and Montana
by Connor, Carol Waite
Washington, D. C.: U. S. Geological Survey, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Good+. Unmarked. Eight folded plates in four separate pockets in rear of book. Author's copy. Some bumping onf cover edges. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. ; U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin; Vol. 1917I; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 17 pages DT4.
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Estimation of Petroleum Exploration Success and the Effects of Resource Base Exhaustion Via a Simulation Model 13 Figures and 5 Tables
by Drew, L. J
Washington, D. C.: United States Geological Survey, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. ; Book Description; Spine has staples. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with wear as noted. Ships Safe and Fast; U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin; Vol. 13228; Tables & Graphs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 25 pages DQ2.
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Geologic Section of the Black Range at Kingston, New Mexico, Bulletin 33
by Kuellmer, Frederick J
Socorro, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Mines, 1954. softcover, initials on cover, 100 pages, folded map inside rear cover. near fine. Granite, graywacke, and metadiabase, presumably Precambrian in age, are found only in small isolated areas within the mapped region. DB2.
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Argilominerais Das Rochas Sediment Ares Da Bacia Do Parana Figures, and Text. Port. Language
by Ramos N. A. Et Al
Brasilia: Petrobras, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Good+. Figures in envelope with some tears. Company stamps on cover and inside cover page. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. Figures in accompanying envelope. ; Ciencia Tecnica Petroleo, No. 9; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 46 pages DP4.
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The Taconide zone and the Taconic orogeny in the western part of the northern Appalachian orogen
by Zen, E-an
New York: Geological Society of America, 1972. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked, except for previous owner's name on front cover. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. ; GSA Special Paper No. 135.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 72 pages DK1.
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Annual Report of the Director of the Geophysical Laboratory 1963 - 1964, No. 1440
by Abelson, Philip H., Director
Washington, District of Columbia: Carnegie Institution, 1964. reprint. softcover, 59 - 289 pages, illustrated. very good. reprinted from Carnegie Institution Year Book 63 for the year July 1, 1963 - June 30, 1964 DU2.
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MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE OJITO & CABEZON WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS,SANDOVAL COUNTY,NEW MEXICO
by Soulliere,S.J.et al
Washington, D. C.: U. S. Geological Suvey, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. One folded plate in rear pocket. ; Book Description; Spine has staples. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with wear as noted. Ships Safe and Fast. ; U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin; Vol. 1733B; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 14 pages DQ4.
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Mineral Resources of the Sheepshead Mountains, Wildcat Canyon, and Table Mountain Wilderness Study Areas, Malheur and Harney Counties, Oregon
by Sherrod, D R. Griscom, A. Turner, R L. Minor, S A
Washington, D. C.: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. One folded plate in rear pocket. ; Book Description; Spine has staples. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with wear as noted. Ships Safe and Fast. ; U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin; Vol. 1739A; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 16 pages DW1.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1882 Geological Survey of New Jersey
by Cook, George H. State Geologist
Camden, N. J.: F. F. Patterson. Good. 1882. Flexible covers. Lightly soiled paper covered boards with black cloth spine. Text tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with color tinted engravings. Prior owners signature. Spine has a small cloth tear. Covers with edge wear. Rear cover has a mended tear. Science, Geology; Color Engravings ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages .
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Chromite Deposits of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
by Guild, Philip, W
Washington, D. C.: USGS, 1942. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. USGS Bulletin; Textbook; Vol. 931-G; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 175 pages DC6.
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Principal Gold Producing Districts of the United States
by Koschman, A. H. and Bergendahl, M. H
Washington, D. C.: United States Government Pri, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Unmarked. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. Published without Dust Jacket. ; U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper; Vol. 610; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 283 pages DH2.
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Walks and Talks in the Geological Field
by Alexander Winchell
Flood and Vincent, 1894. Hardcover. Good. 1894. No Edition Remarks. 353 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with black design. Black and white illustration plates and diagrams throughout including illustration frontispiece. Pages bright and clear with slight tanning and foxing, particularly to textblock edges and endpapers. Slight creasing to some pages. Previous owner's name and minor annotations to front pastedown. Some marginalia. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and...
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Geology and ground-water conditions in eastern Valencia County, New Mexico
by Titus, Frank Bethel
Socorro, New Mexico: Mining and Technology, 1963. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good-. Unmarked, except for previous owner's name on front cover and inside on cover page. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. ; New Mexico. Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources. Groundwater report 7; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 113 pages DG5.
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Bibliography and Index of North American Geology, Paleontology, Petrology, and Mineralogy for the Year 1904
by Weeks, F. B
Washington, D. C.: U. S. Geological Survey, 1905. Hardcover. Good+ with no dust jacket. Unmarked, except previous owner's stamp on inside cover and on title page. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. Published without Dust Jacket. Rebound original paperback edition, red boards with guild lettering on spine; U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin; Vol. 271; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages DS1.
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Ore-Bearing Surficial Weathering (Russian Language) (Supergene? ) PRINCIPLES and METHODS of EVALUATION of Ore Bodies
by Mikhailov, B. M
Leningrad, Russia: Nedra Publishing House, 1986. First Russian Edition. Hardcover. Good+ with no dust jacket. Unmarked, except for annotation across title page. Covers are faded and spine is especially faded. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. Published without Dust Jacket. ; Textbook; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 236 pages DD3.
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Comparison of Conventional Hydraulic and Water Mitrogen Foam Fracturing in Two Ohio Devonian Shale Gas Wells
by Frohue, K-H
Morgantown, West Virginia: Morgantown Research Center, 1976. First Edition (?). Paperback. Very Good-. Unmarked. Stamps on top of front cover. ; Book Description; Spine has staples. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with wear as noted. Ships Safe and Fast. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 23 pages DP5.
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Mines and Prospects of the Hamilton Quadrangle, Idaho
by Mitchel, V. E. Et Al
Moscow, Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. ; Book Description; Spine has staples. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. Folded plate in rear pocket. ; Tables; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 8 pages DH5.
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Mineral Resources of the Pueblo Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Harney County, Oregon, and Humboldt County, Nevada
by Roback, C R. et al
Washington, D. C.: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. One folded plate in rear pocket. ; Book Description; Spine has staples. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with wear as noted. Ships Safe and Fast. ; U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin; Vol. 1740B; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 30 pages DW1.
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Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley
by Allen F. Glazner; Robert P. Sharp
Mountain Press Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1997. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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