52 Things You Should Know About Geology

Every subsurface professional will enjoy these fifty-two short essays by more than forty petroleum geoscientists. The list of authors includes some of the most successful explorationists of our time, as well as some scientists right at the start of their careers. The range of topics could scarcely be broader, covering fieldwork and mapping, beaches and turbidites, and ways to handle the inevitable uncertainty in all geological models.

The authors are Nigel Banks, Jim Barclay, Evan Bianco, Clare Bond, Stuart Burley, Alex Cullum, Mark Dahl, Shahin Dashtgard, Paul de Groot, Clayton Deutsch, Tony Doré, Jesper Dramsch, Alan Gibbs, Matt Hall, Richard Hardman, John Harper, Bruce Hart, Dan Hodge, Nicholas Holgate, Duncan Irving, Chris Jackson, Zane Jobe, Fraser Keppie, Derik Kleibacker, Elisabeth Kosters, Erik Lundin, Aruna Mannie, Allard Martinius, Tannis McCartney, Tom Moslow, Mark Myers, George Pemberton, Gary Prost, Michael Pyrcz, Tim Redfield, Weishan Ren, Brian Romans, Bernd Ruehlicke, Zoltán Sylvester, Dianne Tompkins, and Patrick Walsh. The book was compiled by Matt Hall.