Geo-Logic
Geo-Logic

Author: Robert Frodeman

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 079148744X

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Using a unified vision of geology, consisting of equal parts geo-poetry, geo-politics, geo-theology, and geo-science, Geo-Logic redraws the boundaries between philosophy and the earth sciences. Although each discipline makes crucial contributions to contemporary environmental concerns, neither will fulfill its potential until it transforms itself by engaging the other. This book offers examples of how to relate environmental philosophy to science, public policy, and real world problems, and shows what is epistemologically distinctive about scientific work and how to respond to the cultural dynamics that are pulling these issues into the public sphere. Frodeman advocates humanizing the earth sciences and bringing philosophy into the field.

Geologic Fracture Mechanics
Geologic Fracture Mechanics

Author: Richard A. Schultz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-08-08

Total Pages: 611

ISBN-13: 1107189993

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Introduction to geologic fracture mechanics covering geologic structural discontinuities from theoretical and field-based perspectives.

Geopedia
Geopedia

Author: Marcia Bjornerud

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2022-05-03

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 0691232725

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A garden of geologic delights for all Earthlings Geopedia is a trove of geologic wonders and the evocative terms that humans have devised to describe them. Featuring dozens of entries—from Acasta gneiss to Zircon—this illustrated compendium is brimming with lapidary and lexical insights that will delight rockhounds and word lovers alike. Geoscientists are magpies for words, and with good reason. The sheer profusion of minerals, landforms, and geologic events produced by our creative planet demands an immense vocabulary to match. Marcia Bjornerud shows how this lexicon reflects not only the diversity of rocks and geologic processes but also the long history of human interactions with them. With wit and warmth, she invites all readers to celebrate the geologic glossary—a gallimaufry of allusions to mythology, imports from diverse languages, embarrassing anachronisms, and recent neologisms. This captivating book includes cross-references at the end of each entry, inviting you to leave the alphabetic trail and meander through it like a river. Its pocket-friendly size makes it the perfect travel companion no matter where your own geologic forays may lead you. With whimsical illustrations by Haley Hagerman, Geopedia is a mix of engaging and entertaining facts about how the earth works, how it has coevolved with life over billions of years, and how our understanding of the planet has deepened over time. Features a cloth cover with an elaborate foil-stamped design

Geologic Hazards
Geologic Hazards

Author: Roy E. Hunt

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2007-03-05

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1420052519

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Geologic hazards pose the greatest threat to human safety for any geotechnical undertaking, but it is ultimately the engineer's ability to recognize and cope with these hazards that will determine the safety of life and property. Armed with Geologic Hazards: A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers you will be able to properly recognize, understand

A Concise Geologic Time Scale
A Concise Geologic Time Scale

Author: J.G. Ogg

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2016-05-13

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 044459468X

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A Concise Geologic Time Scale: 2016 presents a summary of Earth's history over the past 4.5 billion years, as well as a brief overview of contemporaneous events on the Moon, Mars, and Venus. The authors have been at the forefront of chronostratigraphic research and initiatives to create an international geologic time scale for many years, and the charts in this book present the most up-to-date international standard, as ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy and the International Union of Geological Sciences. This book is an essential reference for all geoscientists, including researchers, students, and petroleum and mining professionals. The presentation is non-technical and illustrated with numerous colour charts, maps and photographs. - Presents a summary of Earth's history over the past 4.5 billion years - Includes a brief overview of contemporaneous events on the Moon, Mars, and Venus - Includes full-color figures including charts, stratigraphic profiles, and photographs to enhance understanding of each geologic period - Correlates regional geologic stages to the standard definitions approved by the International Commission on Stratigraphy - Offers an explanation of the methods used to create the time scale - 2017 PROSE Award Finalist in Earth Science

GeoLogics
GeoLogics

Author: Vicente Guallart

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788495951618

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A new era demands a new architecture: Vicente Guallart, pioneer and producer of new media on architecture, examines the technological, social and cultural changes inherent in our current information society. He proposes, by means of his architecture, projects and writings, fresh ways for building in five distinct urban areas: the city, the periphery, the outskirts, the rural environment and cyberspace.

Societal Value of Geologic Maps
Societal Value of Geologic Maps

Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13:

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An economic analysis by the US Geological Survey's National Geologic Mapping Program that describes (1) geologic maps and their use as a fundamental data base, (2) a rigorous benefit-cost model for valuing geologic map information, and (3) the economic issues associated with determining whether or not a geologic map is a public good.