Historical geology and palaeogeology

Pearls are glistening, solid object created within the tissue of a living mollusc or other shelled animals.

In this lively history and celebration of the Pacific razor clam, David Berger shares with us his love affair with the glossy, gold-colored Siliqua patula and gets into the nitty-gritty of how to dig, clean, and cook them using his favorite recipes.

This single-volume resource explores the five major oceans of the world, addressing current issues such as sea rise and climate change and explaining the significance of the oceans from historical, geographic, and cultural perspectives.

Maps best viewed on a tablet.

Water is the most sought resource for human use.

This volume is an integrated overview and synthesis of available data relating to the Quaternary evolution of the River Trent.

Discusses how prehistoric humans responded to the environmental and climatic changes within the Nile Basin during the past million years.

This book, first published in 1985, is a comprehensive guide to the main ideas in the history of geomorphology.

A new and updated edition of this popular title covering the fishes, invertebrates and other marine life of the Mediterranean Sea.

An up-to-date synthesis of comparative diving physiology research, illustrating the features of dive performance and its biomedical and ecological relevance.

All landscapes are built on rock: from hard stone for building with, to the softest clay or sand.

This volume provides a textbook and reference work on the physical and biotic landscapes of Southern Africa.

The book deals with the record of important Neoproterozoic to Early Palaeozoic events in southwestern Gondwana, that heralded the Cambrian explosion and the dawn of modern ecosystems.

A true story of catastrophe and survival at sea, Fatal Forecast is a spellbinding moment-by-moment account of seventy-two hours in the lives of eight young fishermen, some of whom would never set foot on dry land again.

Discover ancient civilizations that have disappeared beneath the ocean's surface and explore how the science of submergence adds to our knowledge of human history.

The second revised edition of the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, Four Volume Set, provides both students and professionals with an up-to-date reference work on this important and highly varied area of research.

The Outer Banks National Scenic Byway received its designation in 2009, an act that stands as a testament to the historical and cultural importance of the communities linked along the North Carolina coast from Whalebone Junction across to Hatteras and Ocracoke Island and down to the small villages of the Core Sound region.

This volume is an integrated overview and synthesis of available data relating to the Quaternary evolution of the River Trent.

The motivation for this volume came from the idea that the Precambrian is the key, both to the present, and to the understanding of the Earth as a whole.

The New Naturalist editors believe this to be the greatest general work on the subject ever written.

This book, first published in 1985, arises from the 14th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium.

Rifted margins mark the transition between continents and oceans, which are the two first-order types of land masses on Earth.

First published in 2005, this book represents the first full length biography of John Phillips, one of the most remarkable and important scientists of the Victorian period.

This book, first published in 1992, contains the proceedings of the 22nd Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, and highlights the quantity and diversity of periglacial geomorphic research being undertaken in Arctic and alpine environments.

Originally published in 1981, Living Shores was for many years the standard reference for marine science students but was also embraced by a popular market for its fascinating insights into marine and coastal habitats and the life they support.

The Outer Banks National Scenic Byway received its designation in 2009, an act that stands as a testament to the historical and cultural importance of the communities linked along the North Carolina coast from Whalebone Junction across to Hatteras and Ocracoke Island and down to the small villages of the Core Sound region.

A symposium of the Royal Society of Canada was held in June 1962 to outline what is being done  in Canadian oceanography to map salinity, temperature, and plankton in the waters around Canada and in the North Atlantic across to Europe.

Over eighty contributions from leading researchers review 2.

This book, first published in 1989, the proceedings of the 19th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, is the first set of essays focused on the history of the subject.

This single-volume resource explores the five major oceans of the world, addressing current issues such as sea rise and climate change and explaining the significance of the oceans from historical, geographic, and cultural perspectives.

This book, first published in 1980, is a timely and comprehensive appraisal of thresholds in geomorphology.

An illustrated guide to the profitable art of shell cameo cutting.

An updated fourth edition of this practical, step-by-step guide for undergraduate students to solving geometric problems in structural geology.

The Valles Caldera consists of a twelve-mile-wide collapsed volcanic crater and more than ten postcollapse volcanic domes in New Mexico's Jemez Mountains.

Man with hammer, rucksack and GSOH offers gritty adventure holidays.

National Book Award Winner and New York Times Bestseller: Explore earth’s most precious, mysterious resource—the ocean—with the author of Silent Spring.

Conus is the largest genus of animals in the sea, occurring throughout the world's tropical and subtropical oceans and contributing significantly to marine biodiversity.

Places the history of geology into the larger context of the history of science in general.

The Holocene provides students, researchers and lay-readers with the remarkable story of how the natural world has been transformed since the end of the last Ice Age around 15,000 years ago.