THIS account of the geological history of North America is intended for students and readers interested in the cultural aspect of the science. The author, like all geologists, believes that a ...

Whenever I start a multi-day geology class, I start with a brief “History of Geology” section. Covering what folks believed 400 years ago is a good way to set the tone for what we will be ...

In the first place, we would state, that, while it is a manual of general geological knowledge concerning the history of the earth and of life on its surface, and full of information concerning ...

The geologic history of western North America since the Jurassic, based on subducted oceanic crust.

Starting with more recent geologic history - eruptions along a volcanic chain north of Rome over the past million years - Alvarez then takes readers back 100 million years to a time when much of ...

BATH — Maine’s First Ship and the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust invite geology novices and buffs to expand their understanding and appreciation of the 500 million-year geologic history of the ...

The discovery could usher in a wave of investigations into the evolution of Earth’s mantle, a layer of material about 1,800 miles deep that extends from just beneath the planet’s thin crust to ...

New study supports stable mantle chemistry dating back to Earth's early geologic history and over its prodigious evolution Scientists conduct new analyses on ancient 'time capsule' rocks, at least ...

The tectonic history of the Central Zone of the Limpopo Complex is therefore characterized by two high‐grade tectonometamorphic events separated by at least 550 m.yr.

WHAT may be called the archæological side of the history of this science has been often treated; but what has long been needed is such a history that the serious student can ascertain exactly the ...

Geology studies students gain a deep understanding and appreciation of the Earth: its resources, structure, processes and history.