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Geopedia : : A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities / / Marcia Bjornerud.

A garden of geologic delights for all EarthlingsGeopedia is a trove of geologic wonders and the evocative terms that humans have devised to describe them. Featuring dozens of entries—from Acasta gneiss to Zircon—this illustrated compendium is brimming with lapidary and lexical insights that will del...

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VerfasserIn:
Bjornerud, Marcia,
MitwirkendeR:
Hagerman, Haley,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:"Pedia" Books ; 6
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.) :; 49 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acasta Gneiss • The Old World
  • Allochthon • Rocks that roam
  • Amethyst • Purple haze
  • Amygdule • On the bubble
  • Anthropocene • It’s about time
  • Areology • Wars of the Worlds
  • Benioff-Wadati Zone • Off the deep end
  • Bioturbation • The worm churns
  • Boudin • Secrets of sausage making
  • Breccia • You’re breaking up
  • Brimstone • Volcanic theology
  • Chondrite • Recipe for a small planet
  • Cryogenian • Many are cold but few are frozen
  • Darcy • A truth universally acknowledged
  • Deborah Number • Beyond measure
  • Dreikanter • Three, of a kind
  • Eclogite • Pulling its weight
  • Ediacara • Peaceable kingdom
  • Erg • The sands of time
  • Firn • Snows of yesteryear
  • Gastrolith • From the gizzards of lizards
  • Geodynamo • Electromagnetic blanket
  • Geophagy • Raw terroir
  • Geosyncline • Magic mountains
  • Granitization • Igneous agnostics
  • Grus • Things fall apart
  • Haboob • Dust in the wind
  • Hoodoo • Hats off
  • Jökulhlaup • Breaking the ice
  • Karst • The holey land
  • Katabatic Winds • Blow me down
  • Kimberlite • Diamonds are ephemeral
  • Klippe • Strata gone astray
  • Komatiite • The rock that went extinct
  • Lahar • Abhorrent torrent
  • Lazarus Taxa • Zombie fossils
  • Lusi • Its name is Mud
  • Moho • Setting boundaries
  • Mylonite • Faulty logic
  • Namakier • Salt − water = taffy
  • Nuée Ardente • Cloud with a white-hot lining
  • Nunatak • Peaks in a blanket
  • Nutation • Nodding off
  • Oklo • The original Manhattan project
  • Ophiolite • Crocodile rock
  • Panthalassa • Oceans of time
  • Pedogenesis • Dirt rich
  • Pingo • Young as the hills
  • Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcaniconiosis
  • Polynya • Window of opportunity
  • Porphyry • All crystals great and small
  • Pseudotachylyte • Hot flashes
  • Rapakivi • Oddballs
  • Scree • Slippery slopes
  • Skarn • A slow roast
  • Slickensides • Science friction
  • Speleothem • Drip feed
  • Stygobite • What lives beneath
  • Stylolite • Marble marvels
  • Sverdrup • Current affairs
  • Taphonomy • What becomes a fossil most
  • Thalweg • The valley below
  • Thixotropy • Call me quick
  • Tiktaalik • Fish out of water
  • Tully Monster • Alien autopsy
  • Turbidite • Muddy waters
  • Twist Hackle • Give me a break
  • Unconformity • Conspicuous absence
  • Uniformitarianism • Same as it ever was
  • Varve • Dear diary
  • Xenolith • Wayfaring stranger
  • Yardang • Gone with the wind
  • Yazoo • Parallel lives
  • Zircon • I will survive
  • Appendix 1. Simplified Geologic Timescale
  • Appendix 2. Entries by Language of Origin
  • Appendix 3. Entries by Topical Category
  • Appendix 4. Entries by Geographic Location
  • Appendix 5. Biographical References
  • Useful References

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