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1) Geologists
Author
Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
Description
Provides information related to becoming a geologist, the education needed, the equipment used, and where they work.
3) The wave
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the same day a geologist is about to drive his family from their small town of Geiranger to their new life in the city, a mountain collapses into the fjord leaving the town's inhabitants ten minutes to get to high ground before a tsunami hits.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
x, 336 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Heading for Antarctica to study glaciology with her mentor, Dr. Emmett Vanderzee, Valena Walker finds herself thrust into the role of amateur sleuth when Vanderzee is arrested for the killing of a reporter, who died in Antarctica the previous winter.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsburg Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
[xii, 254 pages, [16] pages of plates] : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
This is a group biography of the first geologists, the people who were first to excavate from the layers of the world its buried history. These first geologists were made up primarily of gentlemen with the necessary wealth to support their interests, yet also included clergymen, academics and women. The new science of geology was pursued by this assorted band because it opened a window on Earth's ancient past. They showed courage in facing the conflict...
Publisher
Infinity Media Holdings Ltd
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lance Hackett is a sympathetic geologist working in Australia for an uranium mining company who must confront the passive resistance of the aborigine tribes. The spot where the deposits are the richest is considered sacred ground. For the aborigine people, the place where the deposits lay is considered the place "where the green ants dream", for them this place is considered the origin of all life. In the clash between white imperialism and a more...
7) The quake
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When his attempts to warn authorities about an impending earthquake fail, a geologist must race against time to save his estranged wife and two children.
8) Eight below
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends, a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled...
9) Eight below
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper, and their pack of sled dogs. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled with a massive storm front forces them to fly to safety, leaving the dogs behind. Now, the dogs must struggle against the elements to survive as they...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 309 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Description
Documents the fifty-year career of Thomas Jaggar, the Harvard-educated volcano science pioneer who founded the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, to share insights into his findings about massive volcanoes in such regions as Yellowstone, Alaska, and Hawaii.
Author
Formats
Description
A routine dig in Kazakhstan takes a radical turn for thirty-two-year-old anthropologist Claire Knowland when a stranger turns up at the site with a bizarre find from a remote section of the desolate Kazakh Steppe. Her initial skepticism of this mysterious discovery gives way to a realization that the find will shake the very foundations of our understanding of evolution and intelligence.
Corrupt politics of Kazakhstan force Claire to take reckless...
Author
Series
Raleigh Harmon novels volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
329 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
"Closing her assignment with the FBI's Seattle office, forensic geologist Raleigh Harmon returns to her hometown of Richmond, Virginia, expecting a warm welcome. Instead she finds herself investigating an ugly cross burning at a celebrity's mansion and standing in the crosshairs of her boss at the Bureau. And the deeper Raleigh digs into the case, the murkier the water becomes...until she's left wondering who the real victims might be. To make matters...
13) Eight below
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends -- a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years, who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
Description
"Geology is all aroudn you! From the roads you travel tot he phone you use daily, geology can make you life easier. Explore volcanoes on Mars, uncover different types of fossils, and see how geology can help protect the environment. Mee thte scientists who changed the geology world forever, plus at-home experiments allow you to watch geology in action."--back cover.
Author
Series
Raleigh Harmon novels volume 4
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
373 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
"Even Alaska can't give Raleigh Harmon a vacation from her job as an FBI forensic geologist. A cruise to Alaska sounds like the perfect vacation; it's a geologist's dream and will give Raleigh space to sort out her feelings about her recent engagement. But before the ship even reaches its first port, a case manages to find her. The producer of a movie that's being filmed onboard goes missing and is then discovered hanging from the railing. Suicide...
Author
Series
Philip Mercer novels volume 8
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
11 CDs (13 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sinking thousands of feet below the surface of the earth in the Leister Deep copper mine in Minnesota, Philip Mercer rides a series of heavy-duty elevators to visit his old friend and mentor, Abraham Jacobs. Jacobs has led a research team to the deepest section of the mine for a groundbreaking study into climate change and cosmic rays. But as Mercer approaches the bottom, he is stunned to hear the unmistakable report of automatic gunfire in the massive...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1992, c1954
Physical Desc
xxiii, 438 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Description
"In this book Wallace Stegner recounts the successes and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. A prophet without honor who had a profound understanding of the American West, Powell warned long ago of the dangers economic exploitation would pose to the West and spent a good deal of his life overcoming...
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
287 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
In this thriller set in the Middle East of 1914, Somerville, a British archaeologist, and his team are excavating a long-buried Assyrian palace when an American geologist from an oil company posing as an archaeologist arrives one day and insinuates himself into Somerville's group. But he's not the only one working undercover to stake a claim on Iraq's rich oil fields.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
216 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Zach Wells, a laconic geologist-slash-paleobiologist, has the trappings of a comfortable life, yet is not contented. He's expert in the geological history of a cave in the Grand Canyon, but less so where his wife and daughter are concerned. And when hisdaughter develops unusual vision problems and has a seizure, the world of this family of three crumbles. Powerless in the face of his daughter's slow deterioration, Wells finds a note asking for help...
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