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Ground Truth: A Geological Survey of a Life
PaperbackOriginal price $15.95 - Original price $15.95Original price $15.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /FINALIST for the 2021 Oregon Book Award. Rooted in the Pacific Northwest, the essays in Ruby McConnell’s Ground Truth: A Geological Survey of a L...
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On Solid Ground: Why the Earth Isn't as Controversial as You May Think
HardcoverOriginal price $28.95Original price $28.95 - Original price $28.95Original price $28.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /On Solid Ground illustrates what geologists know about the earth by telling the stories of the people who made major geological discoveries. It a...
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Arizona Rocks!: A Guide to Geologic Sites in the Grand Canyon State
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Arizona is a geologist s playground, with a scientifically intriguing story behind every rocky outcrop, dry playa, and sparkling spring. Arizona...
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Surf, Sand, and Stone: How Waves, Earthquakes, and Other Forces Shape the Southern California Coast
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95$26.99$26.99 - $26.99Current price $26.99| /Southern California is sandwiched between two tectonic plates with an ever-shifting boundary. Over the last several million years, movements of t...
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Rocks: A Very Short Introduction
PaperbackOriginal price $11.95 - Original price $11.95Original price $11.95$13.99$13.99 - $13.99Current price $13.99| /Rocks, more than anything else, underpin our lives. They make up the solid structure of the Earth and of other rocky planets, and are present at ...
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The Restless Northwest: A Geological Story
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /The Restless Northwest provides a brief, easy-to-follow overview of the geologic processes that shaped the Northwest. One of the attractions of t...
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Geology: A Fully Illustrated, Authoritative and Easy-to-Use Guide
PaperbackOriginal price $7.99 - Original price $7.99Original price $7.99$10.99$10.99 - $10.99Current price $10.99| /This informative guide covers the five billion years of history that have given the earth its present form, including: The earth's relation to th...
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Frozen Earth: The Once and Future Story of Ice Ages
PaperbackOriginal price $28.95 - Original price $28.95Original price $28.95$42.99$42.99 - $42.99Current price $42.99| /In this engrossing and accessible book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its h...
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Geology Underfoot in Illinois
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Illinois--a flat and boring state with nothing but cornfields and crowded expressways, right? Balderdash! Geology Underfoot in Illinois scratches...
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Greywacke: How a Priest, a Soldier and a School Teacher Uncovered 300 Million Years of History
PaperbackOriginal price $17.95 - Original price $17.95Original price $17.95$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Adam Sedgwick was a priest and scholar. Roderick Murchison was a retired soldier. Charles Lapworth was a schoolteacher. It was their personal and...
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Geology: A Self-Teaching Guide
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Unentbehrlich für das Selbststudium der Geologie! Ob Sie die Grundlagen dieser Wissenschaft im Rahmen ihres Studiums erarbeiten oder als Amateur ...
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Iceland
PaperbackOriginal price $34.00Original price $34.00 - Original price $34.00Original price $34.00Current price $28.99$28.99 - $28.99Current price $28.99| /A concise and authoritative field guide to an exceptional natural laboratory, this title in the Classic Geology in Europe series is an essential ...
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Landscapes and Geomorphology: A Very Short Introduction
PaperbackOriginal price $11.95 - Original price $11.95Original price $11.95$13.99$13.99 - $13.99Current price $13.99| /Landscapes are all around us, but most of us know very little about how they have developed, what goes on in them, and how they react to changing...
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CLIMATE CATASTROPHE! Science or Science Fiction?
PaperbackOriginal price $16.95 - Original price $16.95Original price $16.95$20.99$20.99 - $20.99Current price $20.99| /This book is dedicated to science. Scientists are skeptical, we ask: "Is that idea correct? How can I test it?" Then we resolve to gather and ana...
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Here on Earth: A Natural History of the Planet
PaperbackOriginal price $16.00 - Original price $16.00Original price $16.00$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Credited with discovering more species than Darwin, praised for his “ability to take complex ideas and—seemingly effortlessly— make them accessib...
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Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park
PaperbackOriginal price $24.00Original price $24.00 - Original price $24.00Original price $24.00Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /Few places in the nation rival Yosemite National Park for vertigo-inducing cliffs, plunging waterfalls, and stunning panoramic views of granite p...
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Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet
PaperbackOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /To understand continental drift and plate tectonics, the shifting and collisions that make and unmake continents, requires a long view. The Earth...
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The Last Giant of Beringia: The Mystery of the Bering Land Bridge
PaperbackOriginal price $19.99 - Original price $19.99Original price $19.99$28.99$28.99 - $28.99Current price $28.99| /The intriguing theory of a land bridge periodically linking Siberia and Alaska during the coldest pulsations of the Ice Ages had been much debate...
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Why Geology Matters: Decoding the Past, Anticipating the Future
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /Volcanic dust, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes—geoscience explores phenomena that profoundly affect our lives. But more than that, as Doug ...
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Kansas Geology: An Introduction to Landscapes, Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils?Second Edition, Revised / Edition 2
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95$37.99$37.99 - $37.99Current price $37.99| /What are the state's outstanding landforms, and where are they found? How were Kansas rocks and minerals formed? Why is Kansas world famous among...
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Roadside Geology of South Dakota (Roadside Geology Series)
PaperbackOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /South Dakota fills the landscape with geologic diversity, from the glaciated rolling prairies in the east, across the Missouri River, and west to...
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Geology Underfoot in Western Washington
PaperbackOriginal price $24.00Original price $24.00 - Original price $24.00Original price $24.00Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /Ancient volcanoes preserved as deeply eroded scraps. Seafloors forced high into the sky. Fossils of a long-extinct, 385-pound flightless bird th...
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Geology Underfoot in Southern Idaho
PaperbackOriginal price $24.00Original price $24.00 - Original price $24.00Original price $24.00Current price $21.99$21.99 - $21.99Current price $21.99| /Southern Idaho is a geologic jackpot. Etched in its rugged mountains, incredibly young lava fields, and steep-walled canyons lie compelling evid...
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Exploring the Geology of the Carolinas: A Field Guide to Favorite Places from Chimney Rock to Charleston
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /How were the Appalachian Mountains formed? Are the barrier islands moving? Is there gold in the Carolinas? The answers to these questions and man...
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