The Field Guide to Geology, 1st Edition

by David Lambert, Diagram Group

Features graphics and simple field-guide procedures to guide hikers through the great outdoors. This book features 200 two-color illustrations, graphs and tables, and covers key rudiments of geology. It covers such topics as Air currents; Composition; Desertification; Greenhouse effect; Ice changes; Seismic activity; Tides; Waterflow; and more.

Genres: Science, Geology, Nonfiction, Nature, Natural History, Reference

256 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1988

About the author

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David Lambert is an editor with the prize-winning Diagram Group, which specializes in the creation of illustrated reference books of all kinds. For more than 50 years he has written about everything from dinosaurs and ancient civilizations to dogs and outer space. His name might not always be on the cover, but it is usually inside the book.

Reviews

[Dianna]

A little dry, but good information and good diagrams.

[Jrobertus]

i started in months before my trip to wyoming encouraged me to pick up the pace

[Ballpeendash]

How can you read things like this? you ask?

I have no idea...I like rocks.

[Miki]

Good geology reference book with lots of pictures and diagrams. Brian and I have become interested in geology with all of our trips to southern Utah.

[Brian]

Very good introduction to geology. Good high level that helps you to understand what you see in the world.

[Patricrk patrick]

good basic beginning geology book. I read the 1988 version.

[Mark Taylor]

Junior high textbook? Good overview of the field and a quick read.