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English
Description
In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell-clear across England and, indeed, clear across the world-making it possible, for the first time ever, to draw a chart of the hidden underside of the earth. Smith spent twenty-two years piecing together the fragments of this...
13) One strange rock
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and award-winning producer Jane Root present a cinematic event series hosted by Will Smith and featuring the only people who have left Earth behind: astronauts. Experience an epic tour-de-force around the globe and into space, revealing the extraordinary forces that make our planet function and allow life to thrive.
14) Grand Canyon
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Follow a father and daughter as they make their way through the Grand Canyon, a cavernous wonder that2s home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals.
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Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This book tells you everything you need to know about the Earth s most extraordinary natural forces from active volcanoes, including Kilauea in Hawaii and Etna in Italy, to devastating earthquakes that have hit San Francisco and Japan. Discover how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius devastated the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, but left in its wake remarkably preserved treasures. Find out, too, how dogs can search for survivors in the aftermath of...
16) Apex predator
Author
Series
Horizon (Scholastic) volume 4
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: The journey through the rift becomes even rockier as the survivors are forced to take to the water, crossing a vast deepwater basin on improvised boats. To make it, Molly and the others must work together, but a rift of a different kind is forming among the survivors. If they aren't careful, it could eat them alive.
Series
Bulletin volume no. 14-C, 2, section 2
Publisher
State of Oregon, Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Pub. Date
1943
Language
English
19) The Earth atlas
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Delve beneath the surface of Earth with this pictorial atlas and discover the secrets of our planet. How did planet Earth form? What s under the surface, and how can we see it? Why do volcanoes erupt? What do coasts and caves have in common? What s so important about rocks and soil? If you find yourself seeking the answers to these questions and more, then this may be the book for you! Introducing The Earth Atlas a lavishly illustrated guide to our...
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English
Description
The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano Krakatoa.
The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Beyond...
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