Understanding the relationships between strata forms the basis for much geological knowledge – and these patterns are displayed on geological maps. Dominique Frizon de Lamotte and colleagues from the CY Cergy Paris Université, on the outskirts of Paris, have put together this lavishly illustrated manual to assist in these endeavors. As they note, the observation, interpretation and construction of 3D models lies at the heart of applied geology and has driven many of the great discoveries in the science. This book is about structural geology – especially interpreting the geometry of layered strata where they become folded and faulted. The starting point is the geological map, and the challenge – understanding and communicating this understanding to others – has been at the forefront of the skill set required by geologists since the birth of the science. <...>

This edited volume compiles the state of the art in research on the geological record of tsunamis and other extreme-wave events and guides the reader in designing goaland site-specific research. It has evolved from an initial idea, first explored by the editors in early 2016, to final publication online and in print in mid-2020. The motivation for developing a handbook-type compendium on this topic was driven by the observation that such a unifying volume devoted to this particular discipline, which lies at the crossroads between sedimentology and tsunami science, was missed by the scientific community.

The Earth sciences are a collection of disciplines that consider Earth’s atmosphere and hydrosphere, as well as the planet’s solid aspect, the geosphere. The academic disciplines concerned with the geosphere are collectively called the geological sciences, or geosciences. Each one considers different facets of Earth’s surface and interior, such as its rocks, minerals, and their chemistry, the evolution and role of its landforms, and its geologic history. Although most of the geosciences exist to develop a greater understanding of the parts and processes involved in the solid Earth, the subfield of economic geology takes as its mission the extraction of rocks and minerals and their conversion to useful products.<...>

Precambrian Belt Basin of Northwestern United States: Its Geometry, Sedimentation and Copper Occurrences Jack. E. Harrison
Heat Flow and Continuous Seismic Profiles in the Cayman Trough and Yucatan Basin  A.J. Erickson, С.E. Helsley, and G. Simmons
Coarse Sediment Transport by Flood Flows on Knik River, Alaska W.C. Bradley, R.K. Fahnestock, and E. T. Rowehamp
Chemical and Mineralogical Variations during Prograde Metamorphism, Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina and Tennessee G. C. Allen and P. C. Ragland
Palynological Evidence Bearing on the Ordovician—Silurian Paraconformity in Ohio  J. Gray and A. J. Boucot
Sediments of the Continental Margin off the Eastern United States  J.D. Milliman, О.H. Pilkpy, and D.A. Ross