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John V. Bezy, A Guide to the Geology of the Flagstaff AreaPacked with color photos and graphics and written fo a general audience, this booklet focuses on 23 geological features to be seen in the region around Flagstaff, Arizona. Includes descriptions of geological features in Walnut Canyon, San Francisco Peaks, Meteor Crater, Grand Falls, Wupatki National Monument, Red Mountain and more.
Includes a general description of the geology of the whole region, and an extensive suggested readings list of both popular and technical works.
Arizona Geological Survey, 2003 (Down-to-Earth series #14). 56 pages, about 6 x 9 inches, saddle-stapled paperback.
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Halka Chronic, Roadside Geology of Arizona In the justly popular "Roadside Geology" series, this book explains the structure and origins of landscape you see along major roads and within National Parks and Monuments.
Mountain Press Publishing, 1983. 321 pages, about 6 x 9 inches, paperback. New.
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Halka Chronic, Roadside Geology of New Mexico Another one of the volumes of the excellent "Roadside Geology" series. Clear black and white illustrations of roadside rock formations, basic road maps superimposed upon geological maps .
Mountain Press Publishing, 1987. 255 pages, about 6 x 9 inches, paperback. New.
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Halka Chronic, Roadside Geology of Utah Another fine volume in the "Roadside Geology" series, like all of them, well illustrated with photos and maps.
Mountain Press Publishing, 1990. 325 pages, about 6 x 9 inches, paperback. New.
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Alan M. Cvancara, A Field Manual for the Amateur Geologist: Tools and Activities for Exploring Our Planet This book "not only describes the science of geology, but also shows you how to do geology in the field. This book introduces the geologist's core concepts, tools, and techniques and requires no prior training in geology. Beginners will learn to identify landforms, minerals, rocks, and fossils and experience, firsthand, all the excitement of geological discovery. More experienced 'rockhounds' will find a wealth of useful information as well . . ." Illustrated with over 200 photos and drawings. Easy-to-use mineral keys and landform keys.
Wiley, 1995. 335 pages, about 5 x 7½ inches, paperback. New.
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Wendell A. Duffield, Volcanoes of Northern Arizona: Sleeping Giants of the Grand Canyon RegionPhotographs by Michael Collier
Excellent guide to the volcanic features in the Williams-Flagstaff region and north to Grand Canyon. Outstanding color photographs and diagrams illustrate such important features as Bill Williams Mountain, San Francisco Mountain (the Peaks), Sunset Crater, SP Crater, Kendrick Peak, and Vulcan's Throne. Includes a general introduction to plate tectonics and volcanism, and descriptions of specific types of volcanic features. The book is also a travel guide which features a road log, shaded relief maps, and directions to accessing these fascinating mountains.
Grand Canyon Association, 2005. 68 pages, about 8 x 7½ inches, paperback. New.
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Robin Frisch-Gleason (compiler and editor), Highlights of Northern Arizona GeologyA collection of four excellent, profusely illustrated general interest articles about geological features of the north part of the Grand Canyon State. Chapter 1 is an overview of “Geologic Features of Northern Arizona”; Chapter 2 discusses the “Geology of Side Canyons of the Colorado”; Chapter 3 looks at “Petrified Wood: Legacy from a Late Triassic Landscape”; Chapter 4 features “An Aerial Tour of Northern Arizona.” Articles include black and white photographs, maps, and references.
Arizona Geological Survey, 1998 (Down-to-Earth Series #7). 34 pages, illus., 8½ x 11 inches. Saddle-stapled paperback. New.
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Sarah L. Hanson, Roadside Geology: Wupatki and Sunset Crater Volcano National MonumentsProfusely illustrated guide booklet for the general reader to the geological features in these two National Monuments northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona. It is keyed to mileages along "Loop Road" which connects Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki, and both to US highway 89. Each descriptive section is at a place you can conveniently (and legally) stop to view the geologic feature yourself. Great color photographs and clear maps,
Arizona Geological Survey, 2003 (Down-to-Earth series #15). 32 pages, about 6 x 9 inches, saddle-stapled paperback.
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Mary Hill, Geology of the Sierra Nevada A great basic introduction, with maps, line drawings, and some excellent color plates.
University of California Press, 1975. 232 pages, about 4¾ x 8 inches, paperback. New.
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John McPhee, Annals of the Former World A handsome volume combining all five of his books describing the geology of the United States in cross-section from San Francisco to New York City. But McPhee does more than that, he tells us about the geologists who have studied the landscape, and how their upbringing has added to their science. This work includes unabridged the previously published books Basin and Range (1981), In Suspect Terrain (1983), Rising From the Plains (1986), and Assembling California (1993), plus the new essay Crossing the Craton (1998).
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. 696 pages, about 6 x 9 inches, paperback. New.
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L. Greer Price, An Introduction to Grand Canyon GeologyAn overview of the processes which formed Grand Canyon and its rocks over millions of years of time. Not only focuses on Grand Canyon, but gives you the big picture of worldwide forces such as plate tectonics. Emphasizing basic geologic principles, other topics covered include Grand Canyon’s geologic record, regional geology, and the Colorado River. Copiously illustrated with maps, photographs, and paintings.
Published by Grand Canyon Association, 1999. 63 pages, about 7½ x 9 inches, paperback. New.
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Brian S. John, The Geology of PembrokeshireFishguard, Pembrokeshire, UK: Abercastle Publications, 1979. Pocket-sized Paperback. About 4½ inches wide x 7 inches Tall. 1993 reprint. 47 pages, illus. with 12 figures. Used.
Condition: Near Fine. Cover with faint wear and soiling at edges; pages clean and unmarked.
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Rocks & Minerals
Frank S. Kimbler and Robert J. Narsavage, Jr., New Mexico Rocks & Minerals: The Collecting GuideThe “most accurate . . . listing of collectable New Mexico minerals, agates and petrified wood.” Includes information on over 125 collecting sites and directions to them; three pages of color photos (showing 23 specimens), and 24 pages of outline maps showing roads, towns, and collecting locations. Special access problems are noted, and the need for four-wheel drive.
Sunstone Press, 1981. 70 pages, illus., paperback, about 5½ x 8½ inches. New.
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Soil Science
Soil Survey Staff, Soil Taxonomy: A Basic System of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys, Second EditionThis new, second edition “is the result of the collective experience and contributions of thousands of pedologists from around the world. [It] contains many improvements. Two new soil orders, Andisols and gelisols, are added. Low activity clays are defined, and taxa are developed. The Aridisol, Alfisol, Histosol, Inceptisol, Mollisol, Oxisol, Spodosol, and Vertisol orders are updated. Aquic conditions, episaturation, and oxyaquic subgroups are defined. Additions and improvements are made at the family level.” —from the Foreword.
Includes 40 color photos of characteristic soils, charts, and a separate full-color world map in a back pocket showing Global Soil Regions. A hefty book, weighing over six pounds.
USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 1999. 869 pages, illus, about 9 inches wide x 11 inches tall, hardcover, no dust jacket.
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