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Geology

New Arrivals $70.00 Hardcover add to wishlist Geochemical Kinetics Youxue Zhang $35.00 Hardcover add to wishlist Echoes of Life: What Fossil Molecules Reveal about Earth History Susan Gaines $24.00 Hardcover add to wishlist Great Caves of the World Tony Waltham $64.95 Hardcover add to wishlist A Breviary of Seismic Tomography: Imaging the Interior of the Earth and Sun Guust Nolet $360.25 Hardcover add to wishlist Atlases in Geoscience #3: The Ore Minerals Under the Microscope: An Optical Guide Bernard (edt) Pracejus $15.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist Rockhounding New Mexico: A Guide to 140 of the State's Best Rockhounding Sites (Falcon Guides Rockhounding) Ruta Vaskys $105.50 Trade Paper add to wishlist Visualizing #2: Visualizing Earth History Loren E Babcock $40.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist Gideon Mantell and the Discovery of Dinosaurs Dennis R. Dean $52.25 Trade Paper add to wishlist Scale Dependence and Scale Invariance in Hydrology Garrison (edt) Sposito $171.50 Hardcover add to wishlist Developments in Marine Geology #3: Global Sedimentology of the Ocean: An Interplay Between Geodynamics and Paleoenvironment Christian M. Robert $19.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist Dinosaur Highway: A History of Dinosaur Valley State Park Laurie E. Jasinski General The Encyclopedia of Earth: A Complete Visual Guide by Michael Allaby Powells.com Staff Pick Beautiful photographs, lucid illustrations, and an engaging layout make The Encyclopedia of Earth an excellent one-volume introduction to our planet. Rocks, volcanoes, weather, oceans, soil, and various biomes all receive just coverage. A recommended... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your Price $27.96 Sale - Hardcover check for used copies Sale Books Diamond: A Journey to the Heart of an Obsession by Matthew Hart Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-258) and index.... (read more) Your Price $15.00 (New - Trade Paper) Browse more featured Sale titles Used Books Annals of the Former World by John McPhee From Powells.com In 1978, New Yorker science writer John McPhee set out on a series of road trips with prominent geologists. In each case, they remained close to Interstate 80, which spans the country at about the 40th parallel. McPhee's purpose was to write an... (read more) Your Price $20.00 (Used - Trade Paper) Browse more featured Used titles Sign up to get our most recent used additions in Geology to your inbox Petroleum Geology Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by Daniel Yergin Publisher Comments Pulitzer Prize Winner -- and Now an Epic PBS Series The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil -- and the struggle for wealth power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and... (read more) Your Price $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper check for used copies Earthquakes and Volcanoes A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments Subtitled, "The Great American Earthquake Of 1906". From the bestselling author of "The Map That Changed The World" and "Krakatoa" comes this enthralling story of the extraordinary earthquake that took place in San Francisco in 1906. He brings together... (read more) Your Price $7.95 Used - Trade Paper check for new and sale copies Rocks and Minerals Smithsonian Rock and Gem: The Definitive Guide to Rocks, Minerals, Gems, and Fossils by Ronald Bonewitz Publisher Comments A fascinating encyclopedic reference on rocks and gems, including their identification, composition, and their use. The many feature boxes cover topics such as the Malachite room in the Winter Palace and the collection of the Hope Diamond and the... (read more) Your Price $19.95 New - Trade Paper check for used and sale copies Fossils Fossils (02 Edition) by Cyril Walker Publisher Comments Smithsonian Handbooks are the most visually appealing guides on the natural world in the book marketplace. Featuring more than 500 full-color illustrations and photographs, along with detailed annotations, Smithsonian Handbooks make identification easy... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your Price $11.00 Used - Trade Paper check for new and sale copies Pacific Northwest Hiking Oregons Geology 2ND Edition by Ellen M Bishop Publisher Comments This updated guide has been expanded with 39 new hikes. New appendices list hikes by rock age, collectible minerals or fossils present, and more; plus a new illustrated section on rock identification.... (read more) Your Price $16.95 New - Trade Paper check for used and sale copies Paleontology Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science by Jeff Meldrum Publisher Comments In this landmark work on a subject too often dismissed as paranormal or disreputable, Jeffrey Meldrum gives us the first book on Sasquatch to be written by a scientist with impeccable academic credentials. He gives an objective look at the facts in... (read more) Your Price $10.95 Used - Trade Paper check for new and sale copies Gems and Precious Stones Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones (Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones) by Kennie Lyman Publisher Comments SimonandSchuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones provides both the connoisseur and the casual collector with a compact, easy-to-use volume describing more than 100 rare varieties of minerals whose beauty and mystery have possessed our imaginations... (read more) Your Price $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper check for used copies Mt St Helens Frank Gohlke: Mount St. Helens by Museum Of Modern Art Publisher Comments Beginning in 1981, the photographer Frank Gohlke made regular visits to the devastated landscape around the Mount St. Helens volcano, in the forests of Washington State. On the morning of May 18, 1980, the mountain had been hit by two enormous explosions.... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your Price $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper check for used copies US by State Roadside Geology of Colorado 1ST Edition by Halka Chronic Publisher Comments Professional geologists write and edit the "Roadside Geology" books for people who are not geologists but would like to learn something about the rocks and landforms around them. Each book begins with an introductory chapter that briefly reviews the... (read more) Your Price $7.95 Used - Trade Paper check for new and sale copies

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