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Geological Society of America Geologic Time Scale Poster, Version 5.0

Geological Society of America, 2018

In 1982, an ad hoc Time Scale Advisory Committee was formed to create a compact, succinctly organized, and detailed compilation of our current knowledge of geologic time at that time. The geological community no longer views the time scale as static and supports the idea that it should evolve over time as new research is done. This poster is the fifth and latest version of the GSA time scale from 2018.

Structural Geology, Second Edition

Haakon Fossen
Cambridge University Press, 2016, 510 pages

This second edition of Structural Geology has been fully updated; it includes a new chapter on joints and veins, additional examples from around the world, stunning new field photos, and extended online resources with new animations and exercises. Carefully designed full-color illustrations work closely with the text to support student learning and are supplemented with high-quality photos from around the world.

Volcanism and Tectonism Across the Inner Solar System

T. Platz, M. Massironi, P. K. Byrne, and H. Hiesinger, editors
Geological Society of London, 2015, 448 pages

Volcanism and tectonism are the dominant endogenic means by which planetary surfaces change. This book encompasses the broad range in character of volcanism, tectonism, faulting, and associated interactions observed on planetary bodies across the inner solar system, including Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars, and asteroids. This book features 22 research articles about volcanic and tectonic processes manifest across the inner solar system.

Geologic Map of Mars

Kenneth L. Tanaka, James A. Skinner Jr., James M. Dohm, Rossman P. Irwin III, Eric J. Kolb, Corey M. Fortezzo, Thomas Platz, Gregory G. Michael, and Trent M. Hare
United States Geological Survey, 2014, 1 sheet (map) + 43 pages (pamphlet)

This global geologic map of Mars, which records the distribution of geologic units and landforms on the planet’s surface through time, is based on unprecedented variety, quality, and quantity of remotely sensed data acquired since the Viking Orbiters. These data have provided morphologic, topographic, spectral, thermophysical, radar sounding, and other observations for integration, analysis, and interpretation in support of geologic mapping.

Rethinking the Fabric of Geology

Victor R. Baker, editor
Geological Society of America, 2013, 185 pages

The 50 years since the publication of Fabric of Geology, edited by C. C. Albritton Jr., have seen immense changes in both geology and philosophy of science. Rethinking the Fabric of Geology explores philosophical issues in geology, ranging from its nature as a historical science to implications for geological education. This publication is GSA Special Papers Volume 502.

Introduction to Planetary Geomorphology

Ronald Greeley
Cambridge University Press, 2013, 238 pages

Featuring a wealth of images, this textbook explores the geological evolution of the planets and moons. Introductory chapters discuss how information gathered from spacecraft is used to unravel the geological complexities of our solar system, and subsequent chapters focus on current understandings of planetary systems. This book highlights the differences and similarities of the surfaces at a level that can be readily understood by non-specialists.

Earth Materials: Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology

Cornelis Klein and Anthony R. Philpotts
Cambridge University Press, 2013, 533 pages

The fundamental concepts of mineralogy and petrology are explained in this highly illustrated, full-color textbook to create a concise overview for students studying Earth materials. The relationship between minerals and rocks and how they relate to the broader Earth, materials, and environmental sciences is interwoven throughout. Beautiful photos and 3-D illustrations allow students to easily visualize minerals, rocks, and crystal structures. The importance of Earth materials to human cultural development and the hazards they pose to humans are discussed in later chapters

Grand Canyon Geology: Two Billion Years of Earth’s History

J. Michael Timmons and Karl E. Karlstrom, editors
Geological Society of America, 2012, 156 pages

Carved in the last six million years by the Colorado River and its tributaries, the Grand Canyon is one of the premier geologic landscapes in the world. Illustrated with numerous color photographs and accompanied by the most detailed geologic map of eastern Grand Canyon to date, this volume provides an easy-to-understand summary of the geologic stories encoded by rocks and landscapes of Grand Canyon.

Project Earth Science: Geology, Second Edition

Paul D. Fullagar and Nancy W. West
National Science Teachers Association, 2011, 248 pages

This book presents activities that focus on how plate tectonics explain characteristics and features of Earth. Fifteen hands-on, teacher-tested, classroom activities that use readily available materials provide straightforward and up-to-date explanations of geologic processes and cycles. Background materials for students and teachers, detailed and illustrated procedures for doing activities, and supplemental resources provide tools to investigate and understand Earth’s major geologic phenomena.

Rock Fractures in Geological Processes

Agust Gudmundsson
Cambridge University Press, 2011, 578 pages

Rock fractures control many of Earth’s dynamic processes, including plate-boundary development, tectonic earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and fluid transport in the crust. An understanding of rock fractures is also essential for effective exploitation of natural resources such as ground water, geothermal water, and petroleum. This book combines results from fracture mechanics, materials science, rock mechanics, structural geology, hydrogeology, and fluid mechanics to explore and explain fracture processes and fluid transport in the crust.

Essentials of Geology, Tenth Edition

Frederick K. Lutgens and Edward J. Tarbuck
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009, 509 pages

This textbook provides an introduction to physical geology. A new way of reading physical geology, this tenth edition employs a superior new graphic design to make a trusted text that is already number one with professors become number one with students.

How the Earth Was Made

Pioneer Productions for The History Channel, 2008, one DVD (94 minutes)

From a once-seething, hellish mass of molten rock to the world that inhabits life today, this DVD presents a rollercoaster ride through the entire history of Planet Earth. It’s a 4.5-billion-year epic, a story of unimaginable timescales, Earth-shattering forces, incredible life forms, radical climates, and mass extinctions. Explore historical geology and Earth’s natural history and discover how the continents were formed, how the canyons were carved, and why the world’s animals live where they do.

Living Rock: An Introduction to Earth’s Geology DVD

Alpha DVD, 2002, 60 minutes

Ever wonder why earthquakes happen, or how a volcano works? Find the answers to these and many other questions in this fun and educational DVD jointly produced by the U.S. Geological Survey and Alpha DVD. This program presents an introduction to Earth’s geology, covering concepts such as geologic time, continental crust, plate tectonics, volcanic activity, earthquakes, subduction zones, erosion, and glaciers.

Moon Rocks/Earth Rocks Study Set with Lunar Simulant

Jensan Scientifics, 1999, 14 mineral samples and 4 facsimile soil samples in a box

These unique geological specimens are lunar simulant analogs of the rocks and minerals brought back to Earth from the Moon by the Apollo astronauts. This is a well-designed study set for studying lunar mineralogy and a great resource for geologists, teachers, universities, and education outreach programs.

Roadside Geology of Texas

Darwin Spearing
Mountain Press, 1991, 418 pages

The geologic panorama of Texas is as wide as the state is big, sweeping from volcanic mesas and thrusting mountains in the west to red canyons of the Panhandle, along tropical sand barriers of the Gulf Coast, and across central limestone plateaus onto hard granitic terrain in the center of the state. Texas has rocks of all ages, as well as an incredible array of natural geologic resources. This book will tell you about the rocks as you come to them — describing what they are, when they formed, what they mean, and how they fit into the big picture of the geology of Texas.