This volcanic isle : the violent processes that forged the British landscape /

From the natural geometry of the Giant's Causeway to the sarsen slabs used to build Stonehenge, we are surrounded by evidence for the extraordinary geological forces that shaped the British Isles. In 'The Volcanic Isle' Robert Muir-Wood explores the rich geological history of the Brit...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Muir-Wood, Robert
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
From the natural geometry of the Giant's Causeway to the sarsen slabs used to build Stonehenge, we are surrounded by evidence for the extraordinary geological forces that shaped the British Isles. In 'The Volcanic Isle' Robert Muir-Wood explores the rich geological history of the British Isles, and its resulting legacy. Along the way he introduces the personalities who shared a fascination for Britain's tectonic history, including Charles Darwin the geologist, Tennyson the science-poet, and Benoit Mandelbrot, the pure mathematician who labelled the coast of Britain a fractal icon. Here is the previously untold story of how earthquakes and erruptions, plumes and plate boundaries built the British Isles.
Umfang:
1 online resource (355 pages)
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-194741-5
0-19-264517-X
0-19-264516-1
Schlagworte:
Geology > Great Britain.
Geology, Structural > Great Britain.
Popular Science and Nature.
Earth sciences.
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