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Geology: Reference Sources

Handbooks and Quick Look-ups

Cambridge Guide to Minerals, Rocks, and Fossils
QE363.8 B56 2001 (Reference, Archer Library 1st floor)

Practical Handbook of Physical Properties of Rocks and Minerals
QE431.6 P5 P73 1989 (Reference, Archer Library 1st floor)

Fault-Related Rocks: A Photographic Atlas
QE475 M95 P75 1998 (Reference, Archer Library 1st floor)

Igneous Rocks: A Classification and Glossary of Terms
QE461 I446 2002 (Archer Library 4th floor; this may be borrowed)

Other Sources

International Chronostratigraphic Chart
Links to the most recent and older versions of the International Chronostatigraphic Chart.

Mineral-Related Links
From the Mineralogical Society of America.

NASA Earth Observatory
Information and photos of Earth, with emphasis on changes.

World Glacier Monitoring Service
Current and historical information about the status of glaciers around the world.

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Ocean Science (6 vol's)
GC 9 E57 2001 (Reference, Archer Library 1st floor)

Encyclopedia of Earth System Science (4 vol's)
QE5 E514 1992 (Archer Library 4th floor)

Encyclopedia of Geochemistry
QE 515 E48 1999 (Archer Library 4th floor)

Treatise on Geochemistry (10 vol's)
QE 515 T69 2004 (Archer Library 4th floor)

Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers
Online; connect here or through the library catalogue.