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Canada rocks / Nick Eyles and Andrew Miall.
- Title
- Canada rocks / Nick Eyles and Andrew Miall.
- Author
- Eyles, Nick, 1952-
- Publication
- Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, c2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QE185 .E97 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Miall, Andrew D.
- Description
- xvi, 512 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.); 28 cm.
- Summary
- A complete overview of the geological formation of Canada covering four billion years.
- Alternative Title
- Canada rocks : the geologic journey
- Geologic journey
- Rocks
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- illustrated books.
- Illustrated works
- Pictorial works
- Popular works
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-498) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A hellish beginning -- Moving Earth : plate tectonics -- The united plates of Canada : 4 billion years of tectonic activity -- Canada's heartland : the Shield -- Giant seas cover the Shield : the interior platform -- Building eastern Canada -- Building Arctic Canada -- Building western Canada -- Cool times : the ice sheets arrive -- Rocky resources : mining in Canada -- Challenges for the future -- Geology and the building of a Canadian identity.
- ISBN
- 1550418602 (pbk.)
- 9781550418606 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2007531649
- OCLC
- 70839357
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library