Re: Phanerozoic Geology, or, Where's the Sequel?
From: Joe Bernstein (joe_at_sfbooks.com)
Date: 08/05/04
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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 19:59:50 +0000 (UTC)
In article <10h3dq1h1sdc3ea@corp.supernews.com>, Jo Schaper
<joschapern4ospam@2socketdot.no5net> wrote:
> The two historical Geology texts I am familiar with-- The Earth Through
> Time by Harold Levin and The Origin and Evoluton of Earth by Condie and
> Sloan do concentrate on northern hemisphere geology, however they are
> not 'largely paleontology'. Geo students figure out the rest of the
> story from the maps in these books.
>
> You will probably find that between the 'big picture' of these sorts of
> books and very regional treatises, there is very little at the scale you
> are wanting.
So I'm gathering.
> On the other hand, Archean and Proterozoic conditions are broadly
> covered and generalized precisely because geology doesn't know as much
> about them as the Phanerozoic, which can be looked at in much more
> regional detail.
Yeah. I had been hoping that "much longer period" and "much less
known" would more or less wash out into a book around the size of
Goodwin's, but if not, OK. I can *live* with <Phanerozoic Geology
of the World> if I have to, but I'll be a *lot* happier if there are
summaries buried somewhere in it. (And if I can come up with some
sane way to deal with the Cenozoic.)
> I wouldn't be 'afraid' of a book published in 1978. I took my first geo
> class in the Spring of 1978, and plate tectonics had *already* permeated
> the discipline so much I did not have to unlearn anything returning to
> school 20 years later.
Thanks *much* for this reassurance.
Joe Bernstein
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