ORIGINALLY published nine years ago, Pirsson and Schuchert's Text-book has become the most popular introduction to geology among American students, and its well-merited supremacy is now likely to be ...

“Exploring the Berryessa Region: A Geology, Nature and History Tour,” a new book by publisher Backcountry Press, engages and guides visitors through a relatively unknown yet remarkable landscape near ...

A climb to the top of Montana's highest mountain - 12,807-foot Granite Peak - provided lofty inspiration for Thomas Turiano. When Turiano climbed Granite in 1997, he was growing bored with the Teton ...

THE STORY OF GEOLOGY—Allan L. Benson—Cosmopolitan ($4).The vast rhythms of the dying stars, the sleepy, dwindling music of the tides, the rigadoons that dinosaurs danced in a primeval sunset, the ...

If you’re driving from Santa Fe to Albuquerque, you might not be aware you’re passing by billions of years of geologic time. The southernmost Rocky Mountains are visible to the northeast, their peaks ...

Large oak tables, countless stacks of books and a slight aroma fill the Orton Memorial Library of Geology on Ohio State’s campus. “The aroma is the books, but I say it’s the smell of knowledge,” said ...

The books marry my passions for geology and sharing the most amazing story that can be told – the story of Earth. I want to make the story as accessible as I can to people who are interested and one ...