Rocks are time machines and the keepers of our history. This guide is a geological field trip through Earth's incredible rock formations and the stories they hold
Like rings on a tree stump hold the history of the tree, the history of Earth is written in its rocks. How to Read a Rock: Our Planet's Hidden Stories teaches readers to decipher the rocks all around us, from backyard stones to mountain ranges, and trace Earth's history layer by layer.
Spanning from prehistoric Earth's shifting continents, to contemporary human impact, to the future surfaces of space exploration, the book reviews a remarkable array of topics, including:
Rocks are time machines and the keepers of our history. This guide is a geological field trip through Earth's incredible rock formations and the stories they hold
Like rings on a tree stump hold the history of the tree, the history of Earth is written in its rocks. How to Read a Rock: Our Planet's Hidden Stories teaches readers to decipher the rocks all around us, from backyard stones to mountain ranges, and trace Earth's history layer by layer.
Spanning from prehistoric Earth's shifting continents, to contemporary human impact, to the future surfaces of space exploration, the book reviews a remarkable array of topics, including:
JAN ZALASIEWICZ is a field geologist and stratigrapher with more than 100 published academic articles on rock-related processes in publications including New Scientist, Scientific American, and The Guardian. He has taught students how to interpret rocks and rock structures for more than 20 years in the field and lecture halls, as well as leading field trips for geology groups.
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"From under the sea to volcanoes, what stories can rocks tell us
about the earth’s past and how might it forecast its future?
Zalasiewicz, a field geologist and stratigrapher, addresses this
question and more in this highly visual introduction to the many
different kind of rocks, how they are formed, and what they convey
about the earth’s history... Readers will gain a deeper knowledge
of this ubiquitous material that makes up many of the things
they use and depend on."
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