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Canada rocks
Record details
- ISBN: 1550418602 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781550418606 (pbk.) :
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Physical Description:
xvi, 512 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
print - Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, c2007.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "The geologic journey"--P. [1] of cover. Subtitle from cover. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-498) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 10.9.4. Hydrothermal lode gold -- 10.9.5. Water under the volcano : porphyry deposits -- 10.10. Skarn deposits -- 10.11. Deep weathering and mineral deposits in Canada -- 10.12. Uranium -- 10.13. Oil and gas -- 1-0.13.1. The international oil industry begins (1858) -- 10.13.2. Mining for oil : Canada's tar sands industry -- 10.13.3. Natural gas -- 10.13.4. Gas hydrates : energy from ice -- 10.14. Coal -- 10.14.1. coalbed methane -- 10.15. Potash and salt -- 10.16. Building with rock -- 10.17. The future -- ch. 11. Challenges for the future -- 11.1. From geology to geoscience -- 11.2. Water resources and their protection -- 11.2.1. Urban development and water -- 11.2.2. Cleaning up our mess -- 11.2.3. Case histories -- 11.3. The tectonic threat : earthquakes -- 11.3.1. Seismic zones in Canada -- 11.4. Unstable slopes -- 11.4.1. Case histories -- 11.5. Climate change -- 11.5.1. The climate-change debate -- 11.5.2. Living with changing climate : permafrost in Canada's far north -- 11.5.3. Canada's Arctic challenge -- 11.5.4. Ice shelf disintegration on Ellesmere Island : signs of a climatic crisis? -- 11.6. Geology and our health -- ch. 12. Geology and the building of a Canadian identity -- 12.1. Geology gains momentum. |
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| Subject: | Geology -- Canada Historical geology -- Canada |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Castlegar Campus Library | QE 185 E95 2006 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
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B001304682 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Choice Reviews : Choice Reviews 2008 August
Canada Rocks provides a broad overview of Canada's geology--from the earliest rocks to postglacial times and from Canada's east to the west and to the north. Abundantly illustrated with photographs, geologic maps, and diagrammatic cross-sections, the book describes the geology and explains the geological history interpretations that have been made based on that geology. Following an introductory chapter, Eyles and Miall (both, Univ. of Toronto) review basic geologic concepts and the plate tectonic history of Canada over the past 4 billion years. Subsequent chapters focus on specific regions of Canada including the Shield area, Interior Platform, and the eastern, Arctic, and western areas. The authors also cover glacial geology, Canada's mineral resources, and environmental geology. In general, the book is well edited. However, in some chapters the illustrations are out of sync with the text, captions do not accompany all of the illustrations that are at the beginnings and ends of chapters, and a few errors were noted. The book makes extensive use of geologic terminology (a glossary is included) and is fairly detailed, requiring some geologic background to use the volume to its fullest extent. However, readers lacking geologic training will also be able to appreciate and use the book effectively. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers/libraries. Copyright 2008 American Library Association.
