Search Results: Earth Sciences from Lems Bookshop

20,000 BC was the peak of the last Ice Age and then global warming changed history ushering in a changed life style from hunter-gatherer to farmers and permanent villages and towns - civilization. 622 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs, 4 maps, 8 pages of black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition despite number of small ticks in margin of many pages. Dust jacket in very good+ condition.

An illustrated resource for students of Earth and Environmental Science and Biology, as well as those interested in Australia's matchless record of geological and biological evolution. 33 pages with colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Book in as new condition.

The geological history of the Rock Mountains region and the fossils of the Burgess Shales. 76 pages with illustrations on almost all pages. Book in as new condition.

Details the World's 193 nations in over 60 maps of astonishing clarity using unique landscape modelling - key global statistics, time zones, geographical comparisons. 192 pages. Book in very good+ condition with top corner of title page cut out, otherwise fine.

Starting with the Earth's early history when the planet was bombarded by asteroids and comets the author details historic impacts and their geologic aftereffects, examines the formation of caves and major basins, and explains erosion's part in the creation of canyons, and looks at unusual depressions. 200 pages with over 100 photographs, maps and line drawings. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamps on front and back endpaper and sticker inside back cover. Dust jacket in good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back and minor ?water damage to front (see photo).

An appeal to save life on earth. 175 pages with illustrations and drawings throughout the text. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamp on first and last page. Dust jacket in very good+ condition in clear wrapper with stickers.

An up to date overview of the central theories and major discoveries in earth sciences on how the Earth works and is capable of supporting life. and how scientists have learnt to read nature's subtle clues and interpret Earth's ever evolving narrative. 335 pages with numerous colour photographs and figures and black and white figures. Book in near fine condition ex library but no stamps or other indications. Dust jacket in near fine condition in clear wrapper which has sticker on spine and back.

Introduction - scope and aim of Geology; Part I - External Geological Agencies; Part II - Internal Geological Agencies; Part III - Historical Geology. 464 pages with 376 Figures. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamp on front endpaper and some wear to cover (see photo).

Did Atlantis exist? The author suggests the real truth. 187 pages with 14 colour plates, 78 monochrome plates and 20 figures. Book in very good condition with fading and previous owners name on first page.

Draining an area equal to France, Spain and Portugal combined, Lake Eyre is an immense salt lake and one of the great natural wonders of the world. Considered to be permanently dry, the last forty years witnessed some twenty flood events with spectacular ones in 1950, 1974 and 1984 with the transformation of the desert being miraculous. The origin, occurrence, and behaviour of the water in the Lake is described with an estimate of inflows for the period 1885-1984. 99 pages with aerial and satellite photographs, maps and graphs, and a selection of magnificent colour photographs. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

Undated publication but around 1917. Part 1 - Introductory, Part II - A Geological Reconnaissance. 301 pages with 16 Plates and 33 Figures. Book in very good condition ex library with stickers and name inside front cover, stamp on front endpaper, title page and six other pages. Cover has some wear (see photo).

Subjects range from immediate practical concerns - using maps, coping with changing weather, understanding cities - to broader issues such as the functions of political boundaries, and the scramble for control of the oceans. 336 pages. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamps om endpapers and title page and sticker on back endpaper. Dust jacket in very good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

Climate, sea level and ice sheets have always changed. Climate changes are cyclical and today is not outside the normal range of natural variability. The author strongly challenges the prevailing theory of human induced global warming. 503 pages with 54 figures throughout the text. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name inside front cover.

Everything you always wanted to know about nothing - winds provide the circulatory and nervous systems of the planet, sharing out energy and information, distributing both warmth and awareness, making something out of nothing. 384 pages. Book in good condition with previous owners name on first page and tanning and part booksellers sticker on back cover. . .

An introduction to the environment. natural science, life and activities of South Australia. 360 pages with 11 colour and 77 monotone plates and many figures throughout the text. Book in very good condition with previous owners name on first page, some tanning and wear to cover (see photo). No dust jacket.

The environments and the processes that occur along the world's coastline which provide natural laboratories for investigating the physical, chemical and biological processes that produce the rich diversity of coastal landforms. 354 pages with 200 figures throughout the text. Book in very good condition ex library with a stamp and reference inside back cover. Cover has sticker on spine and back and minor wear to edges.

An introduction to the wide variety of geological structures and geology as a whole as far as this is based on structural relationships as can be seen in the field. 250 pages with numerous colour illustrations and diagrams. Book in very good condition ex library but no markings except for back endpaper stamps and sticker. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

The story of the making of the earth with some account of prehistoric animal life all told in non technical language. 244 pages with 8 illustrations. Book in good condition ex library with sticker on first end paper and back cover and stamp on title page and edge of two or so pages, light tanning, some foxing and marks to a few pages but not to interfere with the text . Some cover wear and number 2663 written on spine. No dust jacket.

A non-technical book recounting the stories of minerals, some exiting accounts of discovery and exploitation, and uses by man through the Ages. 304 pages with 78 pages of colour photographs and many black and white illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition with minor wear to cover (see photo). No dust jacket. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

How soil is formed, its over use by early civilizations, its misuse in modern times, and the need to nurture it before it is too late. 321 pages. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamps on back endpaper. Dust jacket in very good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back