Borate Minerals of Death Valley, Mojave Desert, and Nevada: Annotated Bibliography
Borate Minerals of Death Valley, Mojave Desert, and Nevada: Annotated Bibliography

Author: Rick O. Rittenberg

Publisher: Lightning Press

Published: 2024-09-03

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 0998563803

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An annotated bibliography of over 2,050 references associated with borate minerals from Death Valley, Mojave Desert, and Nevada. Sources include journal articles, papers, conference proceedings, books, book chapters, and other literature published from the 1860s into 2024. The bibliography is divided into 16 chapters: History, Boron and Borates, Chemistry and Crystal Structure, Mineralogy, Geology, California, Death Valley, Searles Lake, Mojave Desert, Kramer, Calico, Fort Cady, Tick Canyon, Ventura, Nevada, and Annual Reviews. Contains appendices of supplemental information on borate minerals, color photographs, and an alphabetical index of authors. 638 pages. Key words: borax, colemanite, kernite, probertite, and ulexite.

The Evolution and History of Human Populations in South Asia
The Evolution and History of Human Populations in South Asia

Author: Michael D. Petraglia

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-22

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1402055625

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This is the first volume of its kind on prehistoric cultures of South Asia. The book brings together archaeologists, biological anthropologists, geneticists and linguists in order to provide a comprehensive account of the history and evolution of human populations residing in the subcontinent. New theories and methodologies presented provide new interpretations about the cultural history and evolution of populations in South Asia.

The Cutting Edge
The Cutting Edge

Author: Kathy Diane Schick

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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"The Cutting Edge: New Approaches to the Archaeology of Human Origins presents new studies focusing on the prehistoric evidence for proto-human behavior and adaptation. Based upon a Stone Age Institute conference, this book features many of the principal investigators in Early Stone Age research. This collection of papers expands our knowledge of human evolutionary studies and considers new avenues of inquiry for the future. These studies include the results of fieldwork at major archaeological sites between 2.6 and 1.4 million years ago, analytical approaches to Early Stone Age evidence, and experimental archaeological research probing the evolutionary significance of these early sites." --Book Jacket.

Precambrian Geology of Finland
Precambrian Geology of Finland

Author: Martti Lehtinen

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2005-11-29

Total Pages: 751

ISBN-13: 0080457592

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Focusing on the Precambrian in the central part of the Fennoscandian Shield, the book combines the results from modern geological and geophysical research into a detailed petrologic, lithologic, and structural synthesis and interpretation of the Archean and Proterozoic of Finland. It will be of value to anyone interested in the evolution of the shield in particular and in Precambrian geology in general.