Deciphering Earth's History: the Practice of Stratigraphy GIP001
Print publication date: 08/11/2022
Geological Society of London, GSL Geoscience in Practice, Earth and Solar System History
Type: Book (Paperback)
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781786205742
Weight: 1.25kg
Number of pages: 342
£45.00
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Product Code: GIP001
Edited by Angela L. Coe
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Stratigraphy allows us to establish and communicate the timings for the course of Earth history and provides the means to determine the duration and rates of Earth processes.
Deciphering Earth’s History: the Practice of Stratigraphy focuses on how to apply the wide spectrum of stratigraphical techniques. It also explains how these techniques can be integrated and details their individual strengths and limitations. Chapters are laid out in a step-by-step style, guiding the reader through a recommended approach and explaining the factors to be considered. The methods are illustrated with flow charts, marginal top tips, checklists, worked examples and over 200 figures. Authors from academia, research centres and industry have contributed to ensure a wide range of perspectives are included. In addition to chapters on each of the stratigraphical techniques there is also material on accounting for stratigraphical incompleteness, constructing geological timescales, handling and archiving stratigraphical data and the application of stratigraphy to space exploration and other disciplines.
This book is designed for a wide audience ranging from advanced level undergraduates to professional practitioners wishing to use other stratigraphical techniques or understand the advantages and weaknesses of particular techniques.
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"Certainly for me it has proven beneficial as a tool in my teaching, allowing me to discuss with much more clarity the different methods available to the modern geologist...It is very reminiscent of Open University texts that are engaging and accessible to a wide readership." - Gordon Neighbour
“The book is very well organized and comprehensively cover all modern branches of Stratigraphy with excellent examples. The language used is simple but succinct and can be easily followed by students of Geology at all levels.”
- Verified purchaser
“This publication aims to foster and convey progress in stratigraphy, adding more recent and innovative disciplines to well-established tools. The individual chapters are written by leading scientists who clearly present the stratigraphic tools in an easy-to-understand format. What I particularly appreciated in each chapter is the critical considerations of the strengths and limitations.”
- Professor Elisabetta Erba (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)
“I think that this "how to" approach to the subject matter is commendable and I am really pleased to see this book has been developed.”
- Gary Nichols (RPS Energy, UK)
"It is quite a masterpiece in both content and production."
- Professor Jim Ogg (Purdue University, USA)
"Deciphering the Earth’s History is an impressive assemblage of knowledge, practical techniques and advice by scientists collaborating to construct a stratigraphy of their subject matter. The book is attractively designed and well organised in its coverage. It will provide geoscientists of all levels with a valuable volume to consult and use for a long time. In this reviewer’s opinion it should, and most certainly will, be widely used by students and teachers alike, and would be a valuable addition to every geologist’s, and archaeologist’s, library."
— David M. Jones, (OUGS Proceedings Editor)
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