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Roadside Geology
-- this is an excellent series,
combining general geologic information with detailed road trips (sometimes
in your home city), that describe a state's geology. If your state isn't
listed below, click on one of the books anyway, and it will lead you to
the rest of the series. The books offer general geological information that you can read at
home, but are most useful for the detailed descriptions and
tours they describe for your state.
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Roadside Geology of Oregon
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Geology of Washington 
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Geology of Wyoming 
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Annals
of the Former World John
McPhee
describes geology in lucid terms, and makes the topic come alive.
This book is structured as a journey across the US at the 40th parallel,
describing the geology as he travels, but it becomes much more than just a
bare scientific description. McPhee is one of our best writers. I've read many of McPhee's
articles in the New Yorker that form the basis of this book, and they're
excellent. Oddly, the only books that envision the power of tectonic
events are the Mars Trilogy of Kim Stanley Robinson |
Himalayan Mountains
