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Geology of AMERICA

(most of the publications of a paleontological nature are listed in the paleontology catalogs)


North America, general

Alaska

Canada

Greenland

United States, contiguous

Central America, Caribbean

South America


GEOLOGY NORTH AMERICA, General

 

Dall, W.H. 1898. A table of the North American Tertiary horizons, correlated with one another and with those of western Europe, with annotations. 18th Ann. Rep. US Geol. Surv.; pp. 323-348, 1 fold. tab. No wrps., 4to. € 3

 

Dall, W.H. & G.D. Harris 1892. Correlation papers Neocene. Bull. US Geol Surv. 84; 349 pp., 43 fig., 3 fold. & col. maps. Orig. wrps., uncut, advs. pp w. moist stains, othertwise very good. € 15

 

Eardley, A.J. - Aerial photographs: their use and interpretation. - 1942. New York, Harper’s Geoscience Series. 203 pp.,92 fig./phot. with North American examples. Orig. cloth, some brown spots on first and last pages. (1) € 10

 

Fairbridge, R.W. (ed.) - The encyclopedia of world regional geology. Part 1: Western Hemisphere (including Antaractica and Australia). - Dowden, Hutchinson& Ross, Stroudsburg. 704 pp., many figs./phot. Orig cloth, signed by author on first endpaper. € 50

 

Hector, J. - On the geology of the country between Lake Superior and the Pacific Ocean (between the 48th and 54th paparallels of latitude), visited by the Government Exploring Expedition under the command of Captain J. Palliser (1857-1860). - 1861. Quart. J. Geol. Soc. XVII-4 (68); 388-445, 14 fig., 1 large fold-out plt. with maps and sections. Orig. wrps. (front cover stamped: surplus stock. price one shilling), loose extract, blanc margin of first 2 pages soiled, otherwise very good, uncut. € 15

 

Hise, C.R. van 1896. Principles of North American Pre-Cambrian geology, with an appendix on flow and fracture of rocks as related to structure, by L.M. Hoskins. Extract: US Geol. Surv., 16th Ann Rep.; pp. 571-885, 69 fig., 10 plts. h.t., some col., 1 fold. & col. map. New wrps., ex-lib., 4to. € 50

 

Hise, C.R. Van & C.K. Leith - Precambrian geology of North America. - 1909. US Geol. Surv. Bull. 360. 939 pp., 2 col. maps folding-out. Orig. wrps., very good. € 20

 

   

 

Hise, C.R. Van & C.K. Leith - Precambrian geology of North America. - 1909. US Geol. Surv. Bull. 360. 939 pp., 2 col. maps folding-out. Half cloth, marbled boards, very good. € 20

 

Hussey, R.C. 1947. Historical geology. The geologic history of North America. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, New York. 465 pp., fp., 322 figs. Orig cloth. € 30

 

Kay, M. - North American geosynclines. - 1951. Geological Society of America, Memoir 48; 143 pp., 20 fig., 16 plts. (fold. maps & sections). Orig. cloth, gilt. € 10

 

Kay, M. 1951, repr. 1955. North American geosynclines. Geol. Soc. Am. Mem. 48; 143 pp., 20 fig., 16 plts. (fold. maps & sections). Orig. cloth. € 10

 

King, Philip B. - The evolution of North America. - 1959. Princeton Univ. Press, New Jersey. 189 pp. 96 fig. 1 fold-out plt. with map. Orig. cloth, dustjacket with minor traces of use, otherwise very good, 4to. € 15

 

King, Philip B. - The tectonics of Middle North America. - 1951. Princeton Univ. Press. 203 pp., fp., 52 fig. Orig. cloth, dustjacket with repairs, otherwise very good. € 15

 

Laub, R.S. et al. (eds.) - Late Pleistocene and early Holocene paleoecology and archeology of the eastern Great Lakes region. - 1988. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. Vol. 33; 316 pp. numerous fig./phot. Orig. wrps. libr. stamp on title page, very good. € 20

 

Mareschal, J.-C. (ed.) 1991. Intraplate deformation, neotectonics, seismicity, and the state of stress in eastern North America. Special issue Tectonophysics 186-1/2; pp. 1-214, many figs. Orig. wrps., sm4to. € 20

 

Miller, W.J. 1927. An introduction to physical geology with special reference to North America. 2nd. ed. Van Nostrand, New York. 435 pp., 351 fig./phot. Orig. cloth, gilt. € 18

 

Nilsen, T.H. (ed.) 1984. Fluvial sedimentation and related tectonic framework, western North America. Special issue Sedimentary Geology 38; 524 pp., many figs./phot. Orig. wrps., ex-lib. € 25

 

Permafrost. North American contribution to the Second International Conference, Yakutsk, Siberia 1973. 1973. Nat. Acad. Sci., Washington. 783 pp., numerous figs. & phot. Orig. cloth, 4to. € 35
contains over 80 papers on North American permafrost features

 

sold Russell, D.A. 1989. An odyssey in time. The dinosaurs of North America. Toronto Univ. Pr. 240 pp., 138 full colour ill. Orig. cloth, dj., 4to. € 50
text by leading scientist with illustrations by famous artists

 

Schuchert,C. 1914. The delimitation of the geologic periods illustrated by the paleogeography of North America. Extract: Congrès Géologique International, Compte Rendu de la XIIe Session, Canada, 1913; pp. 555-591, 2 fold. fig., 1 tab. Plain wrps. € 8

 

Shaw, F.C. & R.A. Fortey - Middle Ordovician facies and trilobite faunas in N America. - 1977. Geological Magazine 114; pp. 409-443, 8 fig. Orig. extract. € 6

 

sold Shimer, H.W. & R.R. Shrock - Index fossils of North America. 10th print. - 1977. M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Mass. 837 pp., 5 fig., 320 plts. h.t. Orig. cloth, good copy, sm4to. € 65

Spencer, J.W.W. - Les chutes du Niagara. Leurs évolution, les variations de relations avec les Grands Lacs; caratéristiques de la production d’énergie et effects du détournement. - 1915. Canada, Ministère des Mines, Ottawa. 511 pp., 20 fig., 43 plts. h.t., 1 fold. plt. with map. Translation of the English edition of 1907. Orig. wrps., libr. stamp on first endpaper and title page, spine much worn, but contents very good. € 25

 

Stearn, C.W., R.L. Carroll & T.H. Clark - Geological evolution of North America. 3rd ed. - 1979. Wiley, New York. 566 pp. numerous fig./phot. Orig. illustr. boards, very good. € 20

 

Walcott, C.D. 1891. The North American continent during Cambrian time. 12th Ann. Rep. US Geol. Surv., Part I; pp. 523-568, 6 fig., 4 pl. Plain wrps, 4to. € 15

 

White, C.A. - A review of fossil Ostreidae of North America. - 1884. US Geol. Surv., 4th Ann. Rep; pp. 273-430, 49 plts. h.t. Orig. extract, new covers with title shield, very good, 4to. € 38

 

            

 

 

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Willis, Bailey & George W. Stose (supervision) -

Geologic map of North America. -

1911. US Geol. Surv., Prof. pap. 71, plate I.

Fold. & col. map 1:5,000,000, ca. 150x170 cm, mounted on cloth.

Very good condition. € 50

 

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Ziegler, P.A. (ed.) 1992. Geodynamics of rifting. II. Case history studies on rifts: North and South America and Africa. Special issue Tectonophysics 213-1/2; pp. 1-284, many figs. Orig. wrps., sm4to. € 20



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