Geological Society of America

Excursions in geology and history; field trips in the middle Atlantic states.

From the Society's 2006 annual meeting in Philadelphia, 13 papers and accompanying field guides set out expeditions suitable for geology classes in the region. Among their topics are the geology of the Gettysburg battlefield, Rodinian collisional and escape tectonics in New York's Hudson Highlands, the tectonic history of the Blue Ridge in north-central Virginia, and a bicycle tour of the geology and hydrology of Philadelphia. There is no index. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The geology and climatology of Yucca mountain and vicinity, southern Nevada and California.

As part of the preparations for a very controversial long-term disposal site for high-level nuclear waste, the US Department of Energy began developing the Yucca Mountain Site Description in 1996. The Description discusses the current understanding of the past, present, and future geology and climatology of the area. That information is here summarized, though in a form very different from the original report. Readers are expected to be familiar with concepts and terminology of climatology and geology. There is no index. A second volume will look at the hydrology and geo-chemistry. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Postcollisional tectonics and magmatism in the Mediterranean region and Asia.

Papers from an April 2004 symposium shed light on the collisional and postcollisional geology and geodynamics of the Mediterranean region and Asia, and give insight on how to handle the natural hazards associated with active plate boundary processes. The book will be of interest to structural geologists, geochemists, petrologists, geophysicists, and geomorphologists. Topics discussed include unique features of the Cenozoic igneous rocks of Greece, paleomagnetic analysis of neotectonic deformation in the Anatolian accretionary collage, slab break-off and syncollisional origin of the Late Cretaceous magmatism in the Central Anatolian crystalline complex, and tectonic control on mud volcanoes and fluid seeps in the Anaximander Mountains. Dilek is affiliated with the Department of Geology at Miami University. Pavlides is affiliated with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)