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The alpine regions of Switzerland and the neighbouring countries : a pedestrian's noteson their physical features, scenery, and natural history

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26161
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1896
Author
Bonney, T. G.
Publisher
Cambridge : Deighton, Bell, and Co.
Edition
1st edition
Call Number
02.2 B64a
Author
Bonney, T. G.
Responsibility
Illustrations by E. Whymper
Edition
1st edition
Publisher
Cambridge : Deighton, Bell, and Co.
Published Date
1896
Physical Description
351 pages ; 15 ill. ; 5 plates
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Switzerland
Geology
Italy
Glaciers
Animals
Avalanches
Botany
Folklore
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
02.2 B64a
Collection
Archives Library
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An introduction to crystallography

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25663
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1966
Author
Phillips, F. C.
Publisher
London : Longmans, Green and Co Ltd
Call Number
03 P54a
Author
Phillips, F. C.
Publisher
London : Longmans, Green and Co Ltd
Published Date
1966
Physical Description
340 pages : 535 diagrams
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Crystallography
Geology
Science
Contents
1. The nature of the crystalline state -- 2. Methods of projection -- 3. The description of crystals -- 4. A general study of the seven crystal systems -- 5. Goniometry -- 6. The thirty-two classes -- 7. Parallel growth and composite crystals -- 8. Some mathematical relationships -- 9. Crystal drawings -- 10. The symmetry of internal structure -- 11. Space groups -- 12. Diffraction of x-rays by crystals -- 13. Crystal habit
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
03 P54a
Collection
Archives Library
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Canada rocks : the geologic journey

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2007
Author
Eyles, Nick and Miall, Andrew
Publisher
Markham, Ontario : Fitzhenry and Whiteside Limited
Call Number
03.1 E5c
Author
Eyles, Nick and Miall, Andrew
Publisher
Markham, Ontario : Fitzhenry and Whiteside Limited
Published Date
2007
Physical Description
450 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Geology
Geoscience
Abstract
A complete overview of the geological formation of Canada covering four billion years.
Contents
1. A hellish beginning -- 2. Moving earth : plate tectonics -- 3. The united plates of Canada : four billion years of tectonic activity 4. Canada's heartland : the shield -- 5. Giant seas cover the shield : the interior platform -- 6. Building Eastern Canada -- 7. Building Arctic Canada -- 8. Building Western Canada -- 9. Cool times : the ice sheets arrive -- 10. Rocky resouces : mining in Canada -- 11. Challenges for the future -- 12. Geology and the building of a Canadian identity
ISBN
9781550418606
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
03.1 E5c
Collection
Archives Library
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Intoduction to the structure of the earth

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1969
Author
Spencer, Edgar W.
Publisher
New York : McGraw Book Company
Call Number
03 S3i
Author
Spencer, Edgar W.
Publisher
New York : McGraw Book Company
Published Date
1969
Physical Description
597 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Geology
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Concepts of stress and strain -- 3. Theory and rock failure -- fracture -- 4. Faults -- 5. Behavior of materials -- 6. Folds and folding -- 7. Clevage, mullion, rodding, kinks, and boudinage -- 8. Primary sedimentary structures -- 9. Structures in unconsolidated sediment and salt -- 10. Earth's interior and major crustal elements -- 11. The North American continental craton and its stable margin -- 12. A case study of an orogenic belt -- the Alps -- 13. Anatomy of a folded mountain belt -- the Appalachians -- 14. Structural features of the North American cordillera -- 15. Sturctural features of the ocean basins -- 16. Examples of modern diatrophism -- 17. Tectonic syntheses
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
03 S3i
Collection
Archives Library
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Principles of stratigraphy

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1966
Author
Dunbar, Carl O. and Rodgers, John
Publisher
New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Call Number
03 D91p
Author
Dunbar, Carl O. and Rodgers, John
Publisher
New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published Date
1966
Physical Description
356 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
stratigraphy
Geology
Abstract
Carl O. Dunbar and John Rodgers authored this textbook in response to the growing interest in the study of stratigraphy in academia.
Contents
Part I : Environments of deposition -- Part 2 : Basic stratigraphic relations -- Part 3 : Interpretation of specific lithotopes -- Part 4 : Synthesis
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
03 D91p
Collection
Archives Library
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Proud heritage : people and progress in early Canadian geoscience

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25670
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2004
Publisher
St. John's, Newfoundland : Geological Association of Canada
Call Number
03.1 M26p
Responsibility
Edited by R. W. Macqueen
Publisher
St. John's, Newfoundland : Geological Association of Canada
Published Date
2004
Physical Description
217 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Geology
Geoscience
Science
Abstract
Proud Heritage: People and Progress in Early Canadian Geoscience is a collection of articles from Geoscience Canada and its predecessor, highlighting the people and events which helped shape our geoscience history. -- From back cover
Contents
Partial content topics: Early geological contributors -- Geological pioneers, 19th century -- Geological leaders, 19th and 20th centuries -- Geological leaders, 20th century -- Early geological studies -- Short biographies
ISBN
919216943
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
03.1 M26p
Collection
Archives Library
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