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Author | : John Calder |
Publisher | : Formac Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2017-05-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1459504186 |
As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Joggins Fossil Cliffs offer an unprecedented glimpse into the Earth's history. Bearing fossils of organisms from the lush, tropical forests that existed in the Coal Age — when the continents were assembled into one huge land mass or supercontinent, Pangea — Joggins traces, through layers of sediment, the massive environmental and geologic shifts that have occurred in the planet in the intervening millennia. From fossilized trees that stood thirty metres high to the remains of the earliest known reptile, Hylonomus lyelli, Joggins holds important information about the development of life on Earth — including offering lessons about human impacts on the environment. The Cliffs also share a story of human tenacity and rigorous debate on historical theories of evolution. Sir Charles Lyell and Sir William Dawson, two early geologists who studied Joggins extensively, influenced Charles Darwin with their findings of early fossil remains, particularly hollow tree fauna. The extent of their research at the Joggins site remains unparalleled and significant to this day. The book outlines these stories and more, including Mi'kmaq settlement of the area and the rise of the coal mining industry in the 19th century. It also shares the perspectives of Joggins residents today, and their efforts to preserve this globally significant location and the precious historical information it holds.
Author | : Vanda Claudino-Sales |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 591 |
Release | : 2018-09-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9402415289 |
This book presents the natural, environmental and scenic richness of the world’s coastal and marine areas classified by UNESCO as “Natural World Heritage Sites”. Representing well-preserved areas of exceptional significance to the planet and to humankind, they include a total of 49 marine sites, formed by reefs, atolls and gulfs, and 35 coastal sites in all oceans and all continents with exception of Antarctica. They are being protected and preserved from most degrading uses for future generations as an important legacy from the past. Exploring their richness, this book analyzes and explains these sites in a clear, understandable, scientific way, and is of interest to all who work in or care about the geosciences, environmental sciences and biosciences.
Author | : John H. Calder |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 86 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Fossils |
ISBN | : 9781554574735 |
Author | : Laing Ferguson |
Publisher | : Halifax : Nova Scotia Museum |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1988-01-01 |
Genre | : Fossils |
ISBN | : 9780919680340 |
A look at the famous cliffs at Joggins Nova Scotia, the place where some outstanding fossils have been found.
Author | : Jenna Boon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 117 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Cultural property |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Stephen F. Greb |
Publisher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 081372399X |
Author | : Michael R. Rampino |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2017-08-22 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0231544871 |
In 1980, the science world was stunned when a maverick team of researchers proposed that a massive meteor strike had wiped the dinosaurs and other fauna from the Earth 66 million years ago. Scientists found evidence for this theory in a “crater of doom” on the Yucatán Peninsula, showing that our planet had once been a target in a galactic shooting gallery. In Cataclysms, Michael R. Rampino builds on the latest findings from leading geoscientists to take “neocatastrophism” a step further, toward a richer understanding of the science behind major planetary upheavals and extinction events. Rampino recounts his conversion to the impact hypothesis, describing his visits to meteor-strike sites and his review of the existing geological record. The new geology he outlines explicitly rejects nineteenth-century “uniformitarianism,” which casts planetary change as gradual and driven by processes we can see at work today. Rampino offers a cosmic context for Earth’s geologic evolution, in which cataclysms from above in the form of comet and asteroid impacts and from below in the form of huge outpourings of lava in flood-basalt eruptions have led to severe and even catastrophic changes to the Earth’s surface. This new geology sees Earth’s position in our solar system and galaxy as the keys to understanding our planet’s geology and history of life. Rampino concludes with a controversial consideration of dark matter’s potential as a triggering mechanism, exploring its role in heating Earth’s core and spurring massive volcanism throughout geologic time.
Author | : Rolf Ludvigsen |
Publisher | : Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub. |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
A guide to the ancient life of Vancouver Island.
Author | : Atlantic Geoscience Society |
Publisher | : Nimbus Publishing (CN) |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
This book is about the history of the rocks and fossils of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI) over the last billion years. The book is beautifully illustrated in full colour, with original paintings of ancient vistas, over 150 photographs, and crisp explanatory diagrams and sketches.
Author | : John David Morris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Bible and geology |
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