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  • Carbonate Sediments and Rocks Under the Microscope

    A Colour Atlas

    by Anthony Adams, W.S. MacKenzie ...
    This full color atlas illustrates a range of features not attempted in any general textbook and is designed as a laboratory manual to keep beside the microscope, as an aid to identifying grain types and textures in carbonates. ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Atlas of the Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section

    by W.S. Mackenzie, C. Guilford ...
    'Hurray for Mackenzie and Guilford for at last we have a pictorial guide to the rock-forming minerals! . . . such feasts of colour in mineralogy books are rare . . . an admirable guide' New Scientist ... Read more

    $200.00 USD

  • Rocks and Minerals in Thin Section

    A Colour Atlas

    by K.H. Brodie, W.S. MacKenzie, A.E. Adams ...
    This concise, clear and handy–sized volume, aimed at the undergraduate level, provides an introduction to the observation, description and identifi cation in thin section, using the polarizing microscope, of samples of the commonlyoccurring rocks and minerals. Illustrated with a wealth of full colour thin section photomicrographs, and with the original images enhanced by new examples and a revised ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Atlas of Sedimentary Rocks Under the Microscope

    by A.E. Adams, W.S. Mackenzie, C. Guilford ...
    Provides a very clear guide to sedimentary rock types as seen under the microscope supported by practical aspects of slide preparation. ... Read more

    $126.99 USD

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  • The History of Life

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  • The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book

    by Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E Svarney ...
    Series series The Handy Answer Book Series
    The mighty dinosaurs were the dominant life form on earth for millions of years. But catastrophe awaited. In what amounts to a geological blink of an eye, the dinosaurs disappeared. This fun-filled fact-book takes you deep into the world of dinosaurs!From Tyrannosaurs to Stegosaurs, The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book profiles numerous species, chronicling their time on Earth and exploring their roles ... Read more

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  • Fossils

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    Series series Collins Gem
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  • The Story of Life

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    How did life begin? What really was 'snowball earth'? Why did the dinosaurs go extinct? Are we all descended from 'African Eve'? Will humans be responsible for the next major extinction? All these are addressed in this fascinating book. The story unfolds with the formation of the earth around four thousand million years ago, though it took until after massive bombardment by asteroids a hundred ... Read more

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  • Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record

    by Michael J. Benton, David A. T. Harper ...
    This book presents a comprehensive overview of the science of the history of life. Paleobiologists bring many analytical tools to bear in interpreting the fossil record and the book introduces the latest techniques, from multivariate investigations of biogeography and biostratigraphy to engineering analysis of dinosaur skulls, and from homeobox genes to cladistics.All the well-known fossil groups ... Read more

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  • Rocks

    by John P Rafferty ...
    Series series Geology: Landforms, Minerals, and Rocks
    Often concealing millennia worth of Earth’s history, rocks seem to project an impression of durability and permanence that belies their transformation over time. Seen in all shapes and sizes and found in many of the planet’s ecosystems, rocks have been subject to various natural forces that have affected such attributes as their elasticity, strength, and ductility (that is, their ability to be ... Read more

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  • The Shape of Nature

    The Intricate Patterns of Life

    by David Maitland ...
    Acclaimed photographer David Maitland’s visual exploration of the myriad structures, shapes, and patterns seen in natureIt might appear at first glance that it is the chaos of the natural world that makes its beauty. But all around us are extraordinary examples of geometry which show that nature’s palette is in fact applied with brushstrokes that follow strict laws and principles.The Shape of ... Read more

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