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First things first. To order a copy of the book, you can
either:
I'd love to think
that every small independent bookstore or large bookstore chain around
the world has a copy of the book in stock, but let's be real about
this. By the way, copies of the book make lovely birthday
presents and holiday gifts for loved ones.
Still
not sure about buying the book. Read the reviews:
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(for more information
about the cover see below ) |
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As
an accompaniment to the book, the following may be of interest:
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About the book cover:
The painting
“Sea-Bottom Cores, Lamont Lab” by Stanley Meltzoff, first appeared on
the cover of the August, 1956 issue of Scientific
American.
It can also be found in Scientific
American: Art in Science II - A Portfolio of 40 Paintings, Drawings and
Photographs
(Simon & Schuster/ Scientific American, 1960). For a better
view of the entire painting, click here (then scroll down to the
bottom of this page and click on the painting).
At the time it was
painted, the caption for the painting read,
”Until recently it was thought that the sea bottom was overlaid
with unstratified ooze. The vertical cross sections of the
[ocean] bottom represented by these cores show that, on the contrary,
deep-sea sediments are often highly stratified, and so contain
important clues to the earth’s geological history.”
How quickly our thoughts about marine sediments have changed and
evolved !!!!
This painting
illustrates several types of sedimentary features
discussed in the text including: laminated (or varved) sediments
(bottom left); mottled sediments that commonly occur as a result of
bioturbation (below knife); large-scale sediment layers of different
colors often associated with the deposition and diagenesis of deep-sea
turbidites (above knife).
Click here if you are having
trouble seeing these features. |
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