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61) The elements of the geology of Tennessee: prepared for the use of the school of Tennessee, and for all persons seeking a knowledge of the resources of the state

Author

Safford, James M

Publisher

Foster & Webb

Pub. Date

1900.

Physical Desc

vii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Language

English

62) The mountains of Saint Francis: discovering the geologic events that shaped our earth

Author

Alvarez, Walter

Publisher

W.W. Norton

Pub. Date

[2009]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

xiii, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Language

English

Description

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Walter Alvarez and his team made one of the most astonishing scientific discoveries of the twentieth century--that an asteroid smashed into the earth 65 million years ago, exterminating the dinosaurs. Alvarez had the first glimmer of that amazing insight when he noticed something odd in a rock outcrop in central Italy. Alvarez now returns to that rich terrain, this time to take the reader on an excavation of the earth's distant past. We encounter...

63) Geology of the central Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee

Author

Geological Survey (U.S.)

Series

Geology of the Great Smoky Mountains Tennessee and North Carolina

Publisher

U.S. Govt. Print. Off

Pub. Date

1964.

Physical Desc

148 pages : illustrations, tables ; 28 cm.

Language

English

64) Report on the geological survey of the State of Iowa: to the Thirteenth General Assembly, January, 1870, containing results of examinations and observations made within the years 1866, 1867, 1868, and 1869

Author

Iowa Geological Survey

Pub. Date

1870

Physical Desc

2 volumes : illustrations, plates, maps (2 folded) ; 27 cm

Language

English

65) Guidebook to geology along Tennessee highways

Author

Wilson, Charles W

Series

Tennessee. Division of Geology. Report of investigations volume no. 5

Publisher

State of Tennessee

Pub. Date

1958.

Physical Desc

xii, 115 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Language

English

66) Geology: the story of Earth

Author

Zeigler, Kate E

Series

Modern scholar

Publisher

Recorded Books

Pub. Date

[2013]

Physical Desc

4 CDs (approximately 4 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

67) Earth science

Publisher

[American Geological Institute, etc.]

Pub. Date

1955-1990.

Physical Desc

35 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

68) Rising from the plains

Author

McPhee, John

Publisher

Farrar, Straus, Giroux

Pub. Date

[1986]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

213 pages : map ; 21 cm

Language

English

69) Devil in the mountain: a search for the origin of the Andes

Author

Lamb, Simon

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Pub. Date

[2004]

Physical Desc

xi, 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Language

English

70) Australia's first 4 billion years

Pub. Date

2013

Physical Desc

2 DVDs (appro. 4 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

Description

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Of all continents on Earth, none preserves a more spectacular story of its origins than Australia. Hosted by geologist Richard Smith, viewers meet titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos, sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans, disappearing mountains and deadly asteroids. Epic in scope, intimate in nature, this is the untold story of the Land Down Under.

71) Totally cool caves and hot volcanoes: +10 more epic landforms!

Author

Behrens, Janice

Series

Rookie. Amazing America
Rookie amazing America

Publisher

Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2017.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.

Language

English

Description

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"Introduces the reader to caves and volcanoes."--

72) Geology of the eastern Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina and Tennessee, by Jarvis B. Hadley and Richard Goldsmith

Author

Geological Survey (U.S.)

Series

Geology of the Great Smoky Mountains Tennessee and North Carolina

Publisher

U.S. Govt. Print. Off

Pub. Date

1963.

Physical Desc

118 pages : illustrations, maps (3 folded, 2 color, in pocket) ; 29 cm.

Language

English

73) Earth in 100 groundbreaking discoveries

Author

Palmer, Douglas

Publisher

Firefly Books

Pub. Date

2011.

Physical Desc

415 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm

Language

English

Description

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A journey back through the evolutionary history of our planet, from the origins and formation of the earth.--

74) The universe within: discovering the common history of rocks, planets, and people

Author

Shubin, Neil

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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Shubin shows how the entirety of the universe's fourteen-billion-year history can be seen in our bodies as he moves from our very molecular composition (a result of stellar events at the origin of our solar system) through the workings of our eyes.

75) Super volcanoes: what they reveal about Earth and the worlds beyond

Author

Andrews, Robin George

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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"An exhilarating, time-traveling journey to the solar system's strangest and most awe-inspiring volcanoes. Volcanoes are capable of acts of pyrotechnical prowess verging on magic: they spout black magma more fluid than water, create shimmering cities of glass at the bottom of the ocean and frozen lakes of lava on the moon, and can even tip entire planets over. Despite their reputation for destruction, volcanoes are inseparable from the creation of...

76) The Geologic history of the Thorn Hill Paleozoic section (Cambrian-Mississippian), eastern Tennessee: SE-GSA 1985, field trip 6

Series

Studies in geology volume 10

Publisher

Universtiy of Tennessee, Department of Geological Sciences

Pub. Date

[1985]

Physical Desc

128 pages ; 28 cm.

Language

English

77) Oasis in space: earth history from the beginning

Author

Cloud, Preston

Publisher

W.W. Norton

Pub. Date

[1988]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

xviii, 508 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

Language

English

78) This puzzling planet: an introduction to geology

Author

Brewster, Edwin Tenney

Publisher

The New home library

Pub. Date

[1942]

Edition

Revised edition

Physical Desc

xiv, 280 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Language

English

79) Our amazing earth

Author

Fenton, Carroll Lane

Publisher

Doubleday, Doran & company, inc

Pub. Date

1938.

Physical Desc

xvii pages, 1 leaves, 346 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates. ; 24 cm

Language

English

80) The Southern geologist

Publisher

The Southern Geologist

Pub. Date

1885-1886.

Physical Desc

1 volume ; 28 cm

Language

English

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61) The elements of the geology of Tennessee: prepared for the use of the school of Tennessee, and for all persons seeking a knowledge of the resources of the state

62) The mountains of Saint Francis: discovering the geologic events that shaped our earth

63) Geology of the central Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee

64) Report on the geological survey of the State of Iowa: to the Thirteenth General Assembly, January, 1870, containing results of examinations and observations made within the years 1866, 1867, 1868, and 1869

65) Guidebook to geology along Tennessee highways

66) Geology: the story of Earth

67) Earth science

68) Rising from the plains

69) Devil in the mountain: a search for the origin of the Andes

70) Australia's first 4 billion years

71) Totally cool caves and hot volcanoes: +10 more epic landforms!

72) Geology of the eastern Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina and Tennessee, by Jarvis B. Hadley and Richard Goldsmith

73) Earth in 100 groundbreaking discoveries

74) The universe within: discovering the common history of rocks, planets, and people

75) Super volcanoes: what they reveal about Earth and the worlds beyond

76) The Geologic history of the Thorn Hill Paleozoic section (Cambrian-Mississippian), eastern Tennessee: SE-GSA 1985, field trip 6

77) Oasis in space: earth history from the beginning

78) This puzzling planet: an introduction to geology

79) Our amazing earth

80) The Southern geologist

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