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Long one of the most popular books in its field, this fascinating, highly readable introduction to geology remains unrivaled in providing general readers and budding geologists with authoritative information. It is not just a nature guide, but a vividly told story of the origin and development of the earth's surface. The book is particularly compelling because it answers real questions asked by teachers, students, and other interested people about rock hunting and collecting, physical properties and atomic structures of minerals, different types of igneous rocks, meteorites, sedimentary rocks, limestone, metamorphic rocks, ores, determining the ages of rocks, and much more. A new preface is included, as are two additional chapters from The Fossil Book, also written by the Fentons and revised by Thomas H. Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich. These chapters provide an informative review of the latest thinking on the earth's geological history, theories of continental movement, and climatic change. Enlarged republication of the work first published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1940. New Preface plus Chapters II and III, reprinted from The Fossil Book. 48 halftone plates + 40 line illustrations. 15 color illustrations on covers.
The Rock Book,Mildred Adams Fenton,Carroll Lane Fenton,Dover Publications,0486422674,Earth Sciences - Geology,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Rocks,Rocks & Minerals,NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS,Nature / General
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