This paper presents a new synthesis of Franciscan Complex tectonics, with the emphasis on the pre-San Andreas fault history of these rocks. Field relations suggest that the Franciscan is characterized ...

Introduction to Geology is a textbook designed to ease new students into the often complex topics of Geology and the study of our planet and its makeup. The book assists readers through the beginning ...

The overlapping field of interest of geology and chemistry varied in extent and degree throughout the nineteenth century. In the 'heroic' days of geology, at the beginning of the century, there was a ...

THE appearance of a fourth edition of Ries and Watson's “Engineering Geology” is an indication of continued appreciation of a useful work which covers a good deal of ground and provides the civil ...