This author crafts compelling narratives that delve into the complexities of human relationships. Her prose is celebrated for its depth and insightful observations. She creates characters who are both relatable and richly multifaceted. Readers find profound truths about life illuminated within her storytelling. Her work is characterized by a keen attention to detail.
Offers an overview of the aspects of geology that are most significant to civil engineers. This title covers sections that include those devoted to the main rock types, weathering, ground investigation, rock mass strength, failures of old mines, subsidence on peats and clays, sinkholes on limestone and chalk, and water in landslides.
This book is one of a popular and exciting series that seeks to tell the story of some of Britain's most beautiful landscapes. Written with the general reader - the walker, the lover of the countryside - firmly in mind, these pages open the door to a fascinating story of ancient oceans, deltas, mineralization and tundra landscapes. Over millions of years the rocks that now form the spectacular terrains of the White Peak and the Dark Peak were laid down on the floors of tropical seas and deformed by plate tectonics before being shaped by streams and rivers. The white limestone was fretted into its own distinctive landscape above hidden cave systems; then generations of miners and farmers modified and contributed to the landscapes we see today. With the help of photographs that are largely his own, geologist Tony Waltham tells the remarkable story of the Peak District, explaining just how the landscapes of limestone plateau, grit moors and river valleys came to look as they do. Including suggestions for walks and places to visit in order to appreciate the best of the National Park's landforms, this accessible and readable book opens up an amazing new perspective for anyone who enjoys this varied and beautiful area.
Contains the story of ancient oceans, forests, shallow seas and ice. This book shows how, over millions of years, the limestone landscape has been laid down at the bottom of tropical seas, deformed by movements in the earth's crust and shaped giant glaciers.
The first reliable reference book that provides a fascinating and comprehensive study of the world's cave regions. From the long caves of Kentucky to the deep caves of Europe, this atlas gives detailed information on all major known underground areas. 24 pages of black-and-white photographs.
With the help of numerous maps, diagrams and photographs, most of which are taken from his personal collection, geologist Tony Waltham tells the fascinating story of eastern Yorkshire, explaining just how the landscapes of sandstone uplands, chalk hills and clay vales came to look as they do. Including suggestions for walks and places to visit in order to appreciate the best of the inland and coastal landforms, this accessible and readable book opens up amazing new perspectives for all who are interested in the diverse landscapes of this beautiful area. This book is one of a popular series that seeks to tell the story of some of Britain's most beautiful landscapes.
This is a glorious photographic journey around some of the world's geological delights, from the amazing via the fascinating to the magnificent. It includes over 100 photographs of spectacular geology, each accompanied by a short text that explains the origins or background story.