“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 ...

Geology and Landscapes of America’s National Parks Oxford University Press (Dec. 1, 2021) By David Osleger, professor of teaching, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences WHAT: The author in ...

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 ...

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 ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I’ve had my eye on this one for quite a while ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eastern California is the perhaps the best place in the country to learn geology. The deserts beyond the Sierra Nevada host glacial features, volcanoes and rivers. Beautiful stratigraphic layers are ...

(1) PROF. AMADEUS GRABAU, who is now professor of palaeontology in the University of Peking and paleontologist to the Geological Survey of China, is the author of several excellent American geological ...