Re: Small book for identifying rocks
- From: Aidan Karley <name1_name2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:48:40 GMT
In article <enqthe$3lj$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Cantabridgian
wrote:
robotiser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:Sounds like a recipe for an "Observer's Guide to ..."
Hello all. Is there some sort of small book that could be
used by non-geologists on family outings to identify
rocks?
Ex-Wellingburian myself. "Interesting" isn't a word I'd
I live in the East Midlands of the UK, in case this makes
a difference.
apply to the geology. A fossil book might be more useful (and
most have a general geology section too).
Unfortunately, Amazon is implying that this series are
no longer available. Trying a search on "Field Guide Fossils"
on Amazon.co.uk brings up some potentially worthwhile ones -
one dedicated to the Chalk, some to the Coal Measures, one for
the London Clay, one for Yorkshire in the Jurassic, one for
the Oxford Clay ... all of which might be some use.
This one looks decent - one book for rocks and
minerals, one for fossils :
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rocks-Minerals-Handbooks-Chris-Pellant
/dp/0751327417/ref=pd_sim_b_6/026-4648802-5294064 I've
definitely seen it on the bookshelves, and think I've flicked
through it at some point without memorable rising of the bile.
Look at :
http://geolsoc.org.uk/template.cfm?name=bookshop_details&actio
n=details&id=373
Product Code: GA063
Title: Geology of the East Midlands
Series: GA Guides
10-Digit ISBN: 0-900717-89-0
13-Digit ISBN: 978-0-900717-89-5
Author/Editor: Albert Horton and Peter Gutteridge
Publisher: GA
Publication date: 28 August 2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.50 kg
£10.00 list price
Description: These excursions illustrate the great
diversity of the geology that can be studied within
short distances of the main population areas of
Nottingham, Leicester and Derby. They can be undertaken
on foot or by car and vary in length from two hours to
an entire day.
Ouch. Tempted by "The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China:
The Flowering of Early Animal Life (Hardcover)"
Damn your eyes, Amazon!
--
Aidan Karley, FGS,
Aberdeen, Scotland
A light wave is more like a crime wave than a water wave.
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