Geology

Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change. Geology can also refer generally to the study of the solid features of any celestial body (such as the geology of the Moon or Mars).

Stalactite & Stalagmite: A Big Tale from a Little Cave (Caldecott Honor)
Strata: Stories from Deep Time
Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
When You Find the Right Rock
California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid
The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future
The High Sierra: A Love Story
Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future
The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
The Secret History of Sharks: The Rise of the Ocean's Most Fearsome Predators
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Annals of the Former World
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
Basin and Range (Annals of the Former World, 1)
Earth: An Intimate History (Vintage)
The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Crack in the Edge of the World
The Ends of the World
Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
Rising from the Plains (Annals of the Former World, 3)
Assembling California (Annals of the Former World, 4)
Principles of Geology
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth
End of the Megafauna by Ross D.E. MacPheeWhen Life Nearly Died by Michael J. BentonWonderful Life by Stephen Jay GouldEurope by Tim FlanneryAnimals of a Bygone Era by Maja Säfström
ANCIENT EXTINCTIONS
18 books — 4 voters

Death Valley Photographer's guide by dan suzioA trip through death valley's geologic past  by Kenneth E. LengnerTwilight of the Jackass Prospector by George R. CarterBorax Pioneer by George Herbert HildebrandSecret Of Death Valley by William Heuman
Books on Death Valley
12 books — 6 voters
The Descent by Jeff LongStill Life With Crows by Douglas PrestonThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelBeyond Mammoth Cave by James D. BordenBlind Descent by James M. Tabor
All About Caves
81 books — 28 voters



I went into geology because I like being outdoors, and because everybody in geology seemed, well, they all seemed like free spirits or renegades or something. You know, climbing mountains and hiking deserts and stuff.
Kathy B. Steele, Rocks That Float

Iain McCalman
Finally, on October 26, 1981, the Great Barrier Reef received what two of its finest historians, James and Margarita Bowen, have called a 'conservation climax' - World Heritage listing 'as the most impressive marine area in the world.' The Reef met all four of UNESCO's 'natural criteria.' It was an outstanding example of the earth's evolutionary history, an arena of significant ongoing geological processes and biological evolution, a superlative natural phenomenon, and a significant natural habi ...more
Iain McCalman, The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change

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