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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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Canada rocks : the geologic journey

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25671
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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