stratigraphic geology

"Told in a conversational style, this scientific journey describes how one million oysters can land on top of a mountain"--Provided by publisher.

An overview of the world as it was 20,000 years ago when glaciers covered the Earth and creatures, now extinct, like the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive.

Examines the fate of the Gorgons, a little known prehistoric animal that ruled the world long before the Age of Dinosaurs, and speculates on the cataclysmic event that lead to their extinction more than 250 million years ago.

Documents the events surrounding a near-catastrophic event which took place at the end of the Permian period 251 million years ago, destroying ninety percent of life on Earth.

Explores what scientists have learned about the Precambrian period on Earth, describing the methods that have been used to date and study geological samples from that time.

Combining history, archaeology, and geology, this book retraces the Earth's amazing story from the present day to the birth of the planet.

Professional geologist Emily Hansen must turn sleuth to clear her own name when she travels to Utah for a paleontology conference and becomes a suspect in the brutal murder of her host, dinosaur expert George Dishey.

Tells the story of William Smith, the eighteenth-century Englishman known as the father of modern geology, discussing his discovery of distinct layers of rock in the Earth, his publication of a map that displayed his findings, and his long road to attaining the recognition he deserved.

This superbly illustrated book reviews the trilobite fossils found throughout New York State, including their biology, methods of taphonomy (preservation of speciments), and the broader Paleozoic geology of the state. A general chapter on the geology of New York State places the importance of these now-extinct invertebrate marine animals into context. Sixty-seven line drawings and 175 black-and-white photographs illustrate individual species, many represented here by type specimens, and display the eerie beauty that has made New York State trilobites favorites of collectors the world over.

Tells the story of William Smith, the eighteenth-century Englishman known as the father of modern geology, discussing his discovery of distinct layers of rock in the Earth, his publication of a map that displayed his findings, and his long road to attaining the recognition he deserved.