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Proud heritage : people and progress in early Canadian geoscience

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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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Upon the origin of alpine and Italian lakes ; and upon glacial erosion

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1889
Publisher
New York : The Humboldt Publishing Co.
Call Number
03.4 R14u
Responsibility
A. C. Ramsay, John Ball, Roderick I. Murchinson, B. Studer, A. Favre, Edward Whymper, and J. W. Spencer.
Publisher
New York : The Humboldt Publishing Co.
Published Date
1889
Physical Description
148 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Switzerland
Italy
Europe
Alps
glaciology
Glaciers
Geology
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
03.4 R14u
Collection
Archives Library
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Cascadia field guide : art, ecology, poetry

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Call Number
04 B73c
Responsibility
Edited by Elizabeth Bradfield, CMarie Fuhrman, Derek Sheffield
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
396 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Poetry
Nature
Literature
Botany
Zoology
Writing
Abstract
A literary field guide of art, poetry, and natural history for 128 of the Beings that live in the thirteen biogregions that make up Cascadia, a region that ranges from southeast Alaska to northern California and from the Pacific coast to the Continental Divide"-- Provided by publisher."Through engaging natural history, poetry, and art, Cascadia Field Guide celebrates [more than 120 beings in the Cascadia region], exploring how they interconnect. It's a useful guide to understanding behavior, appearance, and adaptation, as well as an inspirational anthology - a book that embraces science, while appealing to the mind and heart. This is a guide to be savored and treasured, bringing an imaginative perspective to our "known" natural world"....Also featured is a diverse community of regional voices - more than 100 poets and writers, along with fourteen artists, who speak for, and with, the natural world: Colleen J. McElroy, Theodore Roethke, Rena Priest, David James Duncan, Claudia Castro Luna, Tess Gallgher, Ursula K. Le Guin, Brian Doyle, Chris Dombrowski, Kim Heacox, Claire Emery, Joe Feddersen, Raya Friday, and more. -- From interior
ISBN
9781680516227
Accession Number
P2024.01
Call Number
04 B73c
Collection
Archives Library
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Origin of sedimentary rocks

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1980
Author
Blatt, Harvey, Middleton, Gerard, and Murray, Raymond
Publisher
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall Inc.
Call Number
03 B59o
Author
Blatt, Harvey, Middleton, Gerard, and Murray, Raymond
Publisher
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall Inc.
Published Date
1980
Physical Description
782 pages
Scale
0136427103
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Geology
Science
Abstract
An advanced textbook on sendimentary rock origins.
Contents
Selection of topic examples: Aims and methods in the study of sedimentary rocks -- physics of sedimentary processes; terrigenous clastic sediments -- carbonate rocks and evaporites -- other sedimentary rocks -- environments and facies
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
03 B59o
Collection
Archives Library
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The alpine regions of Switzerland and the neighbouring countries : a pedestrian's noteson their physical features, scenery, and natural history

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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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Flower : exploring the world in bloom

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Clarke, Victoria
Publisher
London ; New York : Phaidon Press Limited
Call Number
06.1 C55f
Author
Clarke, Victoria
Publisher
London ; New York : Phaidon Press Limited
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
351 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 30 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Botany
Flowers
Photography
Abstract
Takes readers on a journey across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and image-makers have employed floral motifs throughout history. Showcasing the diversity of blooms from all over the world, Flower spans a wide range of styles and media - from art, botanical illustrations, and sculptures to floral arrangements, film stills, and textiles - and follows a visually stunning sequence with works, regardless of period, thoughtfully paired to allow interesting and revealing juxtapositions between them.
ISBN
9781838660857
Accession Number
2022.27
Call Number
06.1 C55f
Collection
Archives Library
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How to know the mosses and liverworts

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1979
Author
Conrad, Henry S.
Publisher
Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers
Edition
2nd
Call Number
04.1 C76m
Author
Conrad, Henry S.
Edition
2nd
Publisher
Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers
Published Date
1979
Physical Description
xi, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Mosses
Liverworts
Botany
Plants
Science
Contents
Preface -- About mosses and liverworts -- Classification -- How to study bryophytes -- General references -- How to use the keys -- Pictured-key to the bryophytes of North America -- Musci, the mosses -- Class I. anthrocerotae, the hornworts -- Class II. Hepaticae, the liverworts -- List of synonyms -- Index and pictured-glossary.
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
ISBN
0697047687
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
04.1 C76m
Collection
Archives Library
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Wild flowers of Alberta

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1977
Author
Cormack, R.G.H.
Publisher
Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
Call Number
04.1 C81i
Author
Cormack, R.G.H.
Publisher
Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers
Published Date
1977
Physical Description
415 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Flowers
Identification
Science
Illustrations
Contents
Introduction -- Plant structures -- Index by family -- Colour index -- Habitat studies -- Wild flowers of Alberta -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of common names -- Index of scientific names.
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
ISBN
0888301278
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
04.1 C81i
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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Glacial and periglacial geomorphology

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1970
Author
Embleton, Clifford and Cuchlaine, A. M. King
Publisher
Toronto : Macmillan
Call Number
03.4 E1g
Author
Embleton, Clifford and Cuchlaine, A. M. King
Publisher
Toronto : Macmillan
Published Date
1970
Physical Description
608 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
glaciology
Geology
Contents
Part I : Basic concepts of glaciation and glacier behaviour -- Part 2 : Glacial and fluvioglacial erosion -- Part 3 : Glacial and fluvioglacial deposition -- Part 4 : Periglacial geomorphology
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
03.4 E1g
Collection
Archives Library
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Rocky voices : the memories of minerals that form the Rocky Mountains

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2023
Author
Enkelmann, Eva
Publisher
Altona, MB : FriesenPress
Call Number
03.2 En5r
03.2 En5r reference copy
Author
Enkelmann, Eva
Publisher
Altona, MB : FriesenPress
Published Date
2023
Physical Description
113 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Geology
Geology - Rocky Mountains, Canada
Non-fiction
Young Adult
Science
Abstract
A collection of stories from the perspectives of personified minerals found in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
Contents
Introduction -- Lucy Calcite -- Sir Charles Zircon -- Jenny Apatite -- Joel Illite -- Captain Susi Sanidine -- Sam Coal -- Emma Amphipora -- David Rock Flour -- Karen Waterdrop -- Peter Pebble -- Bridget Cement -- Ray Clay.
ISBN
9781039161542
Accession Number
P2023.17
P2023.25
Call Number
03.2 En5r
03.2 En5r reference copy
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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Douglas of the fir : a biography of David Douglas botanist

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1947
Author
George Harvey, Athelstan
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
Call Number
04.1 H26d
Author
George Harvey, Athelstan
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press
Published Date
1947
Physical Description
x, 290 pages illustrations, portraits, maps 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Science
Travel
Canada
Upper Canada
Columbia River
Contents
Scotland ; The Horticultural Society ; United States and Upper Canada ; First Great Adventure ; Columbia River Region ; With Chief Tha-a-muxi ; Up the Columbia to Kettle Falls ; The Blue Mountains ; In Search of the Sugar Pine ; Homeward by Hudson's Bay Express ; Putting Mountains on the Map ; Fame and its Aftermath ; Second Great Adventure ; California ; Third Visit to the Columbia ; Ill-Fated Journey ; Flakes of Gold ; Hawaii and its Volcanoes ; Last Journey ; In Tribute
Accession Number
3069A
Call Number
04.1 H26d
Collection
Archives Library
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The boreal herbal : wild food and medicine plants of the North

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2011
Author
Gray, Beverley
Publisher
Whitehorse, Yukon : Aroma Borealis Press
Call Number
02.7 G78b
Author
Gray, Beverley
Publisher
Whitehorse, Yukon : Aroma Borealis Press
Published Date
2011
Physical Description
440 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Plants, Medicinal
Plants, Edible
Medicine
Harvesting
Preserving
Survival
Contents
Part I: Getting started -- Part II: Plant profiles -- Part III: Preparations and recipes -- Part IV: Economics -- Part V: For reference.
Notes
Many of the plants included in this publication can be found in the Canadian Rockies.
ISBN
9780986827105
Accession Number
P2024.01
Call Number
02.7 G78b
Collection
Archives Library
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How to know the lichens

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1979
Author
Hale, Mason E.
Publisher
Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers
Call Number
04.1 H13l
Author
Hale, Mason E.
Publisher
Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers
Published Date
1979
Physical Description
xi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 10 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Lichens
Botany
Plants
Science
Contents
Preface -- What are lichens -- How to make chemical tests -- How to collect and study lichens -- How to use the pictured key -- General references -- Pictured key to the foliose and fruticose lichens -- List of synonyms and incorrect names -- Phylogentic list of genera and families -- Acknowledgments for illustration -- index and pictured glossary.
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
ISBN
0697047636
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
04.1 H13l
Collection
Archives Library
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How to identify plants

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1957
Author
Harrington, H.D.
Publisher
Chicago : The Swallow Press Inc.
Call Number
04.1 H24h
Author
Harrington, H.D.
Responsibility
Illustrations by L.W. Durrell
Publisher
Chicago : The Swallow Press Inc.
Published Date
1957
Physical Description
296 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebook
Identification
Botany
Plants
Science
Illustrations
Contents
Introduction -- How plants are classified -- Common names and scientific names -- Terms relative to the flower -- Terms relative to the inflorescence -- Terms relative to underground parts -- Terms relative to the stem -- Terms relative to the leaves -- Terms relative to surfaces -- General terms -- Fruits and seeds -- Use of keys in plant identification -- Collecting and pressing plants -- Manuals and floras -- Illustrated glossary.
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
ISBN
0804001499
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
04.1 H24h
Collection
Archives Library
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Flora of Southern British Columbia and Vancouver Island

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1915
Author
Henry, Joseph Kaye
Publisher
Toronto : W. J. Gage & Co., Limited
Call Number
04.1 H39f
Author
Henry, Joseph Kaye
Publisher
Toronto : W. J. Gage & Co., Limited
Published Date
1915
Physical Description
363 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Glossary
British Columbia
Contents
Abbreviations, metric system -- Analytical key to the families -- Tabular analysis -- flora -- glossary -- addenda -- index.
Accession Number
2023.47
Call Number
04.1 H39f
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Archives Library
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Prairie plants of southeast Alberta

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1984
Author
Johnson, Hope
Publisher
Medicine Hat, AB : Hope Johnson
Call Number
04.1 J76p
Author
Johnson, Hope
Publisher
Medicine Hat, AB : Hope Johnson
Published Date
1984
Physical Description
126 pages : illustrations ; 10 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Botany
Identification
Canada
Plants
Science
Illustrations
Southeast Alberta
Contents
Species with white or cream coloured flowers -- Species with yellow flowers -- Species with blue flowers -- Species with mauve, pink flowers -- Species with pink flowers -- Species with magenta flowers -- Species with violet purple flowers -- Species with green or inconspicious flowers.
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
04.1 J76p
Collection
Archives Library
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The audubon society field guide to North American mushrooms

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1981
Author
Lincoff, Gary H.
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Edition
1st
Call Number
04.1 L63m
Author
Lincoff, Gary H.
Responsibility
Illustrated by Carol Nehring
Edition
1st
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Published Date
1981
Physical Description
926 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Audubon Society Field Guide Series
Subjects
Botany
Identification
Science
Illustrations
Mushroom
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
ISBN
0394519922
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
04.1 L63m
Collection
Archives Library
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The audubon society field guide to North American trees

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1980
Author
Little, Elbert L.
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Edition
1st
Call Number
04.1 L73t
Author
Little, Elbert L.
Responsibility
Illustrated by Susan Rayfield and Olivia Buehl
Edition
1st
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Published Date
1980
Physical Description
926 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Audubon Society Field Guide Series
Subjects
Botany
Dendrology
Identification
Science
Illustrations
Trees
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
ISBN
0394507614
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
04.1 L73t
Collection
Archives Library
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