The Field Guide to Geology

An essential field guide for geology lovers.

Praise for the hardcover edition:
"...[a] very interesting title..."—American Reference Books Annual

Written by a team of eminent geologists and educators, The Field Guide to Geology, New Edition features clear graphics and simple field-guide procedures to guide hikers through the great outdoors. A revised and updated edition of a best-seller, this helpful resource offers readers ready access to the subject. This edition features 200 new two-color illustrations (more than 750 in all), updated graphs and tables, as well as two new chapters titled "Monitoring the Earth's Changes" and "Geologists of Note." This volume's lucid, easy-to-follow text covers all the key rudiments of geology and will provide nature lovers with a useful reference to various geological phenomena.

Topics covered include:

• Air currents
• Composition
• Desertification
• Greenhouse effect
• Ice changes
• Seafloor profiling
• Seismic activity
• Submersibles
• Tides
• Waterflow
• and more.

David Lambert has written more than eighty books for children and adults including the award-winning Kingfisher Book of Oceans and Seashores.

Diagram Group are the successful publishers of many illustrated encyclopedias, including "Rules of the Game" and "The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia" published by St. Martin's Press.