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Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 05 Nov 2007
Book Reviews, Miscellanea, Treasurer's Report, Calendar, Interesting Publications, Title and Author Indexes
Book Reviews, Miscellanea, Treasurer's Report, Calendar, Interesting Publications, Title and Author Indexes
Page Range: 170 – 179
Anonymous, 1986, History of Scandinavian geology: Uppsala Newsletter, No. 6, p. 1-2.
Berdesinski, W., 1986, Victor Goldschmidt in Semper Apertus Sechshundert Jahre - Ruprecht Karls Universität (Six hundredth year jubilee) -, Heidelberg, v.2: Springer Verlag, Berlin.
Bryans, William, 1986, History of the Geological Survey of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming, Bulletin 65. $7.00 mailed, First Class, available from Geological Survey of Wyoming, Box 3008, Univ ersity Station, Laramie, Wyoming 82071.
Burkhardt, F. and Smith, S., 1985, The correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol.1, 1821-1836. Cam bridge University Press, Cambridge, 702 p.
Carozzi, Marguerite, 1986, From the concept of salient and reentrant angles by Louis Bourguet to Nicolas Desmarest's description of meandering rivers: Archives des Sciences, Geneve, V. 39, Fasc. 1, p. 25-51.
Chiles, J.R., 1986, Standing up to earthquakes: American Heritage of Invention and Technology: Fall 1986, p. 56-63.
Cleevely, R.J., 1985/86, James Parkinson (1755-1824): a significant British 18th century doctor and "a sort of volunteer" fossil collector: Fossils Quarterly, v. 4, Nos. 3-4, p. 4-15.
Davis, Peter, and Brewer, Christopher, eds., 1986, A catalogue of natural science collections in north-east England with biographical notes on the collectors. North of England Museum Service, L 7 Sutton Street, Durham, DH1 4BW England. £ 9.50.
Friedman, G.M., and Krumbein, W.E., 1985, Hypersaline ecosystems: The Gavish Sabkha. Springer Verlag, New York, 484 p.
Gillmor, C.S., ed., 1985, History of Geophysics; v.1, Washington, D.C., American Geophysical Union, 149 p. $20.
Gould, S.J., 1986, Archetype and adaptation: Natural History, v.95, p.16-27.
Hoskins, D.M., 1986, Celebrating a century and a half: The Geological Survey: Pennsylvania Heritage, V. 12, No. 3, p. 26-31.
James, K.W., 1986, "Damned nonsense!": the geological career of the Third Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886): Geology Today, v. 2, p. 184-186.
Krumbein, W.E., 1985, The northern Red Sea, a historical sketch, p. 18-38 in Friedman, G.M., and Krumbein, W.E., Hypersaline Ecosystems: The Gavish Sabkha, Springer Verlag, New York, 484 p.
Love, R., 1985, The Great Barrier Reef: an early exploration: This Australia, v.4, No. 4, p.60-67.
Marvin, U.B., 1986, Meteorites, the moon, and the history of geology: Journal of Geological Education, v. 34, p. 140-165.
Nield, Ted, 1986, The Lying Stones of Eibelstadt: Geology Today, v.2, p.78-82.
Nowlan, G.S., 1986, Paleoscene Introduction. Paleontology: moden and ancient: Geoscience Canada, V. 13, p. 67-72.
Price, David, 1986, Mary Anning specimens in the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge: Geological Curator, v.4, p.319-324.
Richter, F.M., 1986, Kelvin and the age of the earth: Jour. geology, v.94, p.395-401.
Rossi, Paolo, 1984, The dark abyss of time: The history of the earth and the history of nations from Hooke to Vico. Translated by L.C. Cochrane, Univ. of Chicago Press, 338 p. $35.
Savage, E.L., 1986, Medical geology: Northeastern Environmental Science, v.5, p.5-11. This paper includes a discussion of the physician founders of geology, and a chronological list of physician-geologists who made significant contributions to geology.
Schütt, H.-W., 1984, Die Entdeckung des Isomorphism: Eine Fallstudie zur Geschichte der Mineralogie und der Chemie. [The discovery of isomorphism: a case study in the history of mineralogy and chemistry] (Arbor Scientiarum: Beiträge zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte 9). Hildesheim, Germany, Gerstenberg Verlag, 324 p. DM 68.
Schwarzbach, Martin, 1986, Alfred Wegener: the father of continental drift. Science Tech Publishers, 701 Ridge Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53705. $35.00
Sevon, W.D., 1986, A sesquicentennial story - Susquehanna River Water Gaps: many years of speculation: Pennsylvania Geology: v.17, p.4-7.
Skinner, B.J., 1986, Can you really believe the evidence? Two stories from geology: American Scientist, v.74, p.401-409.
Taylor, K.L., 1985, Early geoscience mapping: Geoscience Information Soc., Proceedings, v.15, p.15-49.
Taylor, M.A., 1986, The Lyme Regis (Philpot) Museum: the history, problems and prospects of a small museum and its geological collection: Geological Curator, v.4, p.309-316.
Thackray, J.C., 1986, Nicolaus Steno and the origin of tongue-stones: Geology Today, V.2, p. 117-118.
Tharp, Marie, and Frankel, Henry, 1986, Mappers of the deep: Natural History v.95, p.49-62
Wilson, Ian, 1985, The Exodus enigma, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London (also Harper & Row, San Francisco), 208 p. $20.