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Applied Hydrogeology
by C W Fetter
This best selling book, Applied Hydrogeology gives readers a balanced examination of all facets of hydrogeology. It text stresses the application of mathematics to problem solving rather than derivation of theory. It provides a balance between physical and chemical hydrogeology. Numerous case studies cultivate reader understanding of the occurrence and movement of ground water in a variety of geologic settings. This valuable reference includes five new case histories: The Dakota Aquifer, Fractures...
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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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A Short History Of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
In A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bryson follows his greatest challenge yet: to understand—and, if possible, answer—the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. From the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. The result is a profound, funny, and wonderfully clear and entertaining adventure into the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it.
Ecology
by Michael L Cain; William D Bowman; Sally D Hacker
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Weather Makers - the History and Future Impact Of Climate Change
by Tim Flannery
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Essentials Of Ecology
by Michael Begon, John L Harper Colin R Townsend
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Earth Science Books & Ephemera
Geology of the McMurry Formation Part III: General Geology of the McMurray Area
by Carrigy, M.A
Edmonton, AB: Research Council of Alberta., 1959 First edition in trade paperback. Geological Division Memoir 1. 130 pp. Figures, photographs, chart including two fold-out, large colour map in rear pocket. Ex-corporate library copy with sticker scuff on front cover, evidence of pocket removal on the rear endpaper, no stamps. Very Good.
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$49.95
Nature's Predators
by Michael Bright; Robin Kerrod; Barbara Taylor
UNREAD but has suffered a crease 210mm across the front corner .Magnificent col photos thru'out. Please expect extra postage
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$13.38
THE GREAT SOUTH AFRICAN OUTDOORS
by LeRoux, Vincent (Editor)
Cape Town: Reader's Digest, 1992. Appears unread. 368pp incl index and credits; col photos thru'out. First Edition. Hard Cover Laminated Boards.. Very Fine in Plastic/None. 255x34p01mm.
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$13.38
Exploratory Soil Survey of Alberta Map Sheets 74-M, 74-L, 74-E, and 73-L (north half)
by Lindsay, J.D., S. Pawluk and W. Odunsky
Edmonton, AB: Research Council of Alberta., 1962 First printing in stapled paper covers. Report No. 63-1 Alberta Soil Survey Helicopter Project. 66 pp. Tables, figures, maps, references, index. Small name on the front cover, minor shelfwear. Very Good.
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$24.95
Einfuhrung in Die Geologie. Band I-Exogene Dynamik. Band II-Endogene Dynamik
by Wunderlich, Hans-Georg
Manheim, Germny: Bibliographisches Institut, 1968 Two volumes both in trade paperback. Owner's stamp on each endpaper, minor spine creasing. Very Good.
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$14.95
Paradise Paved: The Challenge of Growth in the New West
by Ringholz, Raye C
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1996. Covers lightly edge-worn;.Ink notations on page 207, else textblock very clean and tight. 207p.. Wraps. Very Good+. Illus. by K.C. Muscolino. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Paper Back.
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$6.74
THE USA TODAY WEATHER BOOK: AN EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND GUIDE TO THE USA'S WEATHER
by Williams, Jack
New York: Vintage. Near Fine. 1992. Stated First Edition; Ninth Printing. Softcover. 0679736697 . Book is Near Fine. First Edition [stated]. Clean and unmarked text. Tight and sturdy binding. Very slight corner tip wear to cover and spine ends. Spine surface wrinkle - 2 of them and very small. Very slight spine end back corner bumps. ; Color illustrations and photographs; 212 pages .
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$8.00
Ruscinian and Early Pleistocene Soricidae (Insectivore, Mammalia) From Tegelen (The Netherlands) and Hungary (Scripta Geologica, Number 73)
by Reumer, J. W
The Netherlands National Museum of Geology and Min, 1984-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1984 First edition, Netherlands National Museum of Geology (Liden, Holland) 7 x 10 inches tall, 173pp. Green softbound wraps with white and black lettering to front cover. Front cover has creases to bottom tip and mild edgewear all around the copy. Pen notation to front cover and rubbed on rear of copy. Otherwise, a clean, bright and unmarked copy.~V V~
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$19.95
Chemical Mutagens
by Fishbein, L. Et Al
Academic Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0122571509 . Ex-library with usual library markings. ; 364 pages .
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$10.00
Profits vs. the planet: How capitalism is destroying the planet
by Sheppard, Roland
San Francisco: Walnut Publishing Co., in conjunction with Socialist Action, 1998. Pamphlet. 22p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps lightly worn, corners bumped, touch of rust to staples else good condition.
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$12.00
Geophysical Prospecting Volume 42 Number 4 May 1994
by March, D.W. (Editor)
Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd./European Association of Exploration Geophysicists, 1994. Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers lightly edge and corner worn; Light wear at spine extremities; Pages 277-370.. Wraps. Near Fine. Illus. by Photos and Diagrams. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Scientific Periodical.
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$9.80
The Nature of Digital Seismic Processing
by Lindseth, Roy O
Calgary: Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1967 Reprint in stapled paper covers. 111 pp. Figures, references. Name on front cover, minor bump to top corners. Very Good.
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$24.95
Gemstones and Their Origins
by Peter C. Keller
Paperback / softback. New. The reader learns that the Earth is surprisingly alive and altering constantly-sometimes through slow and equable changes and at times by violent and tremendous cataclysms, events from which gemstones issue.
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$131.14
CONTINUITY OF THE HARDSTON FORMATION IN THE VICINITY OF PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. Bulletin 47, Geologic Series
by Ludlum, John C
Trenton, N. J.: Dept. of Conservation, State of N. J.. Very Good+. 1940. First Edition. Softcover. Clean tan softcovers with black lettering. Text tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with fold out map & B/W photographs. Contents: Descriptive geology; Pre-Cambrian; Hardyston; Kittatinny; Jacksonburg; Newark; Mount Parnassus & associated faults. Science, Geology; B/W Photo & Map; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 19 pages .
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$30.00
Feuer in die Herzen :
by Ditfurth, Jutta
A Expanded and updated new edition (Erweiterte und aktualisierte Neuausgabe) good+ paperback, crinkles & other minor signs of wear on cov. as in image, creased spine text/block tight clean. 559p. 18x11,5cm. 450gr.
Notice: This item ships from Hamburg, Germany. (Versand innerhalb Deutschlands, zu viel Porto wird zuruckerstattet).
Notice: This item ships from Hamburg, Germany. (Versand innerhalb Deutschlands, zu viel Porto wird zuruckerstattet).
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$37.50
Magazin für die gesammte Mineralogie, Geognosie und mineralogische Erdbeschreibung. Verfasst von einer Gesellschaft Gelehrten und herausgegeben von..
by HOFF, Carl Ernst Adolf von, ed
Four folding engraved plates. Four parts in one vol. [all published]. 8vo, cont. half-sheep & paste-paper boards (occasional minor dampstaining, first 40 leaves with two unimportant wormholes in lower outer margin), spine gilt, black leather lettering piece on spine. Leipzig: Roch, 1801. First edition, all published, of this important mineralogical and geological journal; this set comes from the library of the great geologist and mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817), professor at the...
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$9,500.00
Annotated Catalogue of and Guide to the Publications of the Geological Survey of Canada. 1845-1917
by Ferrier, W.F
Ottawa, Ontario: Department of Mines., 1920 First printing in original paper covers. 544 pp. Fold-out maps. Light wear to covers, spine has creasing and the bottom 2" has paper chipped away. Text is clean and unmarked. Good.
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$49.95
Life in Cold Blood
by David Attenborough
Princeton University Press, 2008. Hardcover. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2008 Princeton University Press hardcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Life in Cold Blood offers a rare glimpse into the peculiar world of amphibians and reptiles, the first vertebrate creatures to venture forth from the primeval waters millions of years ago, yet which today include species that are...
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$17.95
Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program. Volume 135 Initial Reports Volumes One and Two Lau Basin
Ocean Drilling Program/Texas A&M University, 1992 Both volumes first edition in hardcover without dust jacket as issued. Tables, figures, graphs, subject and taxonomic indexes. Two very minor corner bumps. A Near Fine set.
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$99.95
Large Fold-Out Geological Survey Map in Colour. Map 978a Gap West of Fifth Meridian Alberta
Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada/Department of Mines., 1949 Map measures 24" by 22" and includes the Upper Cretaceous, Wapiabi, Bighorn, Blackstone, Crowsnest, Kootenay, Fernie Group, Rundle, and Banff formations each coloured separately. The scale is 1" equals 1 Mile. Very minor wear. Near Fine.
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$24.95
Guidebook of Defiance - Zuni - Mt. Taylor Region, Arizona and New Mexico Eighteenth Field Conference
New Mexico Geological Sociey, 1967 228 pp. plus advertising pp. with b/w charts, maps and photographs throughout plus one folded map in a pocket affixed inside back cover. Endpapers are printed with with full spread maps in black and blue. Text is clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Turquoise cloth boards with dark grey printing are excellent. Spine is cracked but holding.. Ist Edition. Hardover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8.75" X 11.25".
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$21.00
Water Resources Management V
by C.A. Brebbia and V. Popov (edited by)
Southampton, Boston.: Wit Press., 2009. First printing. . Hard. Fine. 8vo. 9 1/4".. Illustrated with diagrams and figures etc within text.. Fine. 624pp. RRP at time of listing £327.00.
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$235.03