Geological Field Techniques (eBook)
336 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-2744-1 (ISBN)
The understanding of Earth processes and environments over geological time is highly dependent upon both the experience that can only be gained through doing fieldwork, and the collection of reliable data and appropriate samples in the field. This textbook explains the main data gathering techniques used by geologists in the field and the reasons for these, with emphasis throughout on how to make effective field observations and record these in suitable formats. Equal weight is given to assembling field observations from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock types. There are also substantial chapters on producing a field notebook, collecting structural information, recording fossil data and constructing geological maps.
Geological Field Techniques is designed for students, amateur enthusiasts and professionals who have a background in geology and wish to collect field data on rocks and geological features. Teaching aspects of this textbook include:
* step-by-step guides to essential practical skills such as using a compass-clinometer, making a geological map and drawing a field sketch;
* tricks of the trade, checklists, flow charts and short worked examples;
* over 200 illustrations of a wide range of field notes, maps and geological features;
* appendices with the commonly used rock description and classification diagrams;
* a supporting website hosted by Wiley-Blackwell is available at www.wiley.com/go/coe/geology
DR ANGELA L. COE specializes in sedimentology and stratigraphy and has over 20 years of experience of collecting geological field data in Europe, Asia, North and South America. Over this time, she has also designed and taught field geology courses for several UK universities and has led many field trips for international conferences and petroleum companies. DR TOM W. ARGLES is a geologist who has conducted structural and metamorphic fieldwork in several mountain belts (Alps, Himalaya, Betic Cordillera, Caledonides, Basin and Range) for 20 years. He has set up and taught field courses in a range of locations across the UK and Europe. DR DAVID A. ROTHERY is a volcanologist and planetary scientist. He has taught geology in the field for 30 years and has research experience of igneous rocks (including active volcanoes) in the Oman, Cyprus, Italy, the Andes, central America, NW USA, Hawaii and Western Australia. PROFESSOR ROBERT A. SPICER is a palaeobotanist and sedimentologist with over 30 years field experience working in remote regions of Northern Alaska and northeastern Russia, China and Tibet, India, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico.
"It is highly informative, attractively designed and illustrated,
reasonably priced and has its corners already rounded to survive in
the rucksack. It deserves to be widely used." (Geological
Magazine, February 2011)
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.8.2010 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie |
Technik | |
Schlagworte | earth sciences • Geologie u. Geophysik • Geology & Geophysics • Geowissenschaften |
ISBN-10 | 1-4443-2744-5 / 1444327445 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4443-2744-1 / 9781444327441 |
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