Canada Rocks: The Geologic Journey by Andrew Miall Nick Eyles
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 4 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9781550418606
- Book Title
- Canada Rocks : the Geologic Journey
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry & Whiteside, The Limited
- Item Length
- 11 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Science
- Topic
- Earth Sciences / Geology, Earth Sciences / General
- Item Weight
- 65.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 8.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 450 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, The Limited
ISBN-10
1550418602
ISBN-13
9781550418606
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60295001
Product Key Features
Book Title
Canada Rocks : the Geologic Journey
Number of Pages
450 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Earth Sciences / Geology, Earth Sciences / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
65.9 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-531649
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Every page of the volume sparkles with information and entertainment. . . Just reading the captions in this profusely illustrated volume provides an education in the geological forces that have shaped our land for four billion years." From "The Year's best Science books" - The Toronto Star "The spectacular geological diversity that constitutes what we call Canada is captured in photography (some of it quite stunning), charts, maps and sketches. Meteorites, climate change, glaciers - they're all here, in layman's language." -- The Globe and Mail "What a labour of love is this meaty geologic journal of Canada. . . This weighty tome is a must-have reference text for anyone curious about the country's geological makeup. Of particular interest to Albertans is the book's no-nonsense treatment of mining and the oilsands resources of Western Canada." -- Alberta Country Magazine " Canada Rocks is a valuable reference work, illustrated with more than 500 maps, photos, and charts, and should be of use to the general reader for its clearly written explanations of why things are the way they are. . . For a better understanding of the country we live in, or of our own neighbourhoods, Canada Rocks is a valuable guide to the land around us, and to our own history." -- The Chronicle-Journal (Thunder Bay, ON) "This is a book that should be in every Canadian household. It presents the science of geology and the geology of Canada in a very colourful and easy to understand fashion, a feat never before accomplished. I have no doubt that any geologist who flips through the book will not be able to resist the urge to purchase it. It is the ideal source book for a basic understanding of the geology of every region of Canada and it may well inspire young people to pursue a career of studying Canadian rocks. We owe Eyles and Miall a debt of thanks for portraying our science and our rocks in such a fine fashion." -- Reservoir the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists magazine "Canada Rocks is at once a beautiful and well-illustrated coffeetable-quality paperback, and a dense and ponderous college-level text. Its attraction, however, is in the sheer range of its palette -- four billion years and counting." -- The StarPhoenix , Saskatoon "I really enjoyed this book. I caught up on topics that I have not thought about since my undergraduate degree, and I learned new things about climate and recent earthquakes. I enjoyed the sections on how geology and humans interact. Historical snapshots help bring the science alive. Almost everyone could find something to enjoy in this book, and it will give students and amateur geologists an important entry point into the fascinating story of Canada's past." -- Arctic Magazine
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
557.1
Table Of Content
CONTENTS INTRODUCTIONABOUT THE AUTHORACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CHAPTER 1: A HELLISH BEGINNING 1.1 The Hadean 1.1.1 The start of something Really Big 14 billion years ago 1.1.2 From dust to a planet 1.2 The earliest continents: a watery birth1.3 The birth of the Archean: a unique Canadian record1.4 Early life on Earth CHAPTER 2: MOVING EARTH: PLATE TECTONICS 2.1 Looking deep into planet Earth 2.1.1 Crust, mantle and core 2.1.2 The Earth stirs and our crust moves 2.2 The formation and destruction of lithospheric plates 2.2.1 Where plates move away from each other: making oceanic crust 2.2.2 Where plates collide: the subduction factory 2.2.3 Where plates slide past each other: transform boundaries 2.2.4 Plate collisions and the building of continents 2.3 Volcanic activity and plate tectonics 2.3.1 Volcanoes at the edges of plates 2.3.2 Volcanoes in the middle of plates: hot spots 2.3.3 Under heat and pressure: metamorphic rocks 2.4 Plate tectonics: is it the only model of how Earth works? 2.4.1 LIPS and MOMO events 2.4.2 MOMO events and the history of life 2.4.3 Dynamic topography 2.4.4 Rock stars: the impact of meteorites 2.5 Paleomagnetism and moving plates2.6 The rock cycle and sedimentary basins 2.7 A final comment on plate tectonics CHAPTER 3: THE UNITED PLATES OF CANADA: FOUR BILLION YEARS OF TECTONIC ACTIVITY 3.1 Construction and breakup: how continents evolve3.2 The earliest continents3.3 From Arctica to Nena to Rodinia3.4 The beginning of the Paleozoic: the explosion of Rodinia3.5 The assembly of Pangea3.6 The breakup of Pangea and the westward drift of North America3.7 The last few million years CHAPTER 4: CANADA'S HEARTLAND: THE SHIELD 4.1 A crustal collage built by plate tectonics 4.1.1 Provinces and cratons 4.2 The North American craton vs. the Canadian Shield4.3 History of the North American craton: a tale of four continents (Arctica, Nena, Columbia and Rodinia)4.4 The first North American continent (c. 2.7 Ga): Arctica 4.4.1 Formation of the Slave Province 4.4.2 Formation of the Superior Province; the largest piece of the craton 4.4.3 The Slave and Superior provinces weld together 4.4.4 Glaciation in the Huronian 4.5 The younger North American continents (c. 2.0 to 1.5 Ga): Nena and Columbia 4.5.1 The Trans-Hudson, Thelon, Wopmay and Penokean orogenies 4.5.2 The Trans-Hudson Orogeny in eastern Canada 4.5.3 The Sudbury structure: A gigantic meteorite strike 4.5.4 Nena on the rack: The Midcontinent Rift 4.6 The third North American continent (c. 1.7 to 1 Ga): part of Rodinia 4.6.1 The Grenville Province in central Canada 4.6.2 The Grenville Province in eastern Canada 4.6.3 Granites and moon rocks of the Grenville Orogen 4.7 The end of Rodinia (1 Ga to 600 Ma): Laurentia breaks free 4.7.1 Disappearing mountains and the formation of the Canadian Shield 4.8 Early life in Canada 4.8.1 Eozoon canadense 4.8.2 Prokaryotes: the earliest bacteria 4.8.3 The Eukaryotes: building blocks of animals and plants 4.8.4 Life diversifies: the Cambrian explosion CHAPTER 5: GIANT SEAS COVER THE SHIELD: THE INTERIOR PLATFORM 5.1 T
Synopsis
For anyone curious about the geological history of our country, Canada Rocks is a marvelous portrait of what the authors describe as the incredible 4 billion year 'construction project' that gave shape to the continents, mountains, and oceans of planet Earth, and created the world's second largest country - Canada. Profusely illustrated throughout with full colour and black and white photographs, charts, maps, graphs and sketches, the book explores the country from north to south, and from east to west, exploring that incredible history through modern day sites and land shapes created in our distant past. Read about: Rocks in Point Pleasant Park in Halifax were once part of Morocco, left behind when the Atlantic Ocean came into being. Canada's Arctic regions were formerly part of what today is Siberia. Greenland was once a part of Labrador. Fossils in a road cut in Cache Creek, British Columbia once lived in a sea that covered China. The violent collisions of continents and other land masses, the growth and decay of enormous mountain ranges, the impact of meteorites, and the comings and goings of vast ice sheets are explored in fascinating detail, as is the creation of our rocky resources from coal to diamonds. An essential reference for students and anyone fascinated with the geological forces that created our country, the book includes a great many sites that can be visited for close-up study, making it an invaluable field guide for exploring our history and the world around us., For anyone curious about the geological history of our country, "Canada Rocks" is a marvelous portrait of what the authors describe as the incredible 4 billion year 'construction project' that gave shape to the continents, mountains, and oceans of planet Earth, and created the world's second largest country - Canada. Profusely illustrated throughout with full colour and black and white photographs, charts, maps, graphs and sketches, the book explores the country from north to south, and from east to west, exploring that incredible history through modern day sites and land shapes created in our distant past. Read about: Rocks in Point Pleasant Park in Halifax were once part of Morocco, left behind when the Atlantic Ocean came into being. Canada's Arctic regions were formerly part of what today is Siberia. Greenland was once a part of Labrador. Fossils in a road cut in Cache Creek, British Columbia once lived in a sea that covered China. The violent collisions of continents and other land masses, the growth and decay of enormous mountain ranges, the impact of meteorites, and the comings and goings of vast ice sheets are explored in fascinating detail, as is the creation of our rocky resources from coal to diamonds. An essential reference for students and anyone fascinated with the geological forces that created our country, the book includes a great many sites that can be visited for close-up study, making it an invaluable field guide for exploring our history and the world around us.
LC Classification Number
QE185.E97 2007
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