商品簡介
Writing for students, earth scientists, and general readers, Holland and Sanders (geology and mineralogy, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland) offer a guide to the geology of Ireland that contains 19 chapters tracing its geological history from Precambrian times to the present. Geography, geology, and botany scholars from Ireland also describe geophysical evidence, offshore Ireland, and the history of Irish geology. Less emphasis is placed on plate motions and underlying mechanisms. This edition has been revised and updated to incorporate the past ten years of research, presents chapters in terms of palaeogeographical evolution, and includes color illustrations. It also has some new authors. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Charles Hepworth Holland is the retired Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Trinity College, Dublin where, as a Fellow Emeritus, he still works. He is a past President of The Geological Society and of the Palaeontological Association. Ian S. Sanders is a senior lecturer, Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin.