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Cofrhigeorama
Provides historical information on geology, mineralogy, petrology and other Earth sciences. In French and English.
http://www.cri.ensmp.fr/cofrhigeo/en.htm
Bartleby.com: Sir Charles Lyell
Includes etexts of scientific papers, "The Progress of Geology" and "Uniformity of Change".
http://www.bartleby.com/people/Lyell-Si.ht...
HESS: History of the Earth Sciences Society
International society devoted to the history of earth sciences. Site has information about the organization and its journal, Earth Sciences History.
http://historyearthscience.org/
No Stone Unturned: The First 150 years of the Geological Survey of Canada
Describes the approval of the geological survey department, which was originally created to find coal ore and later for map making. Page describes the later success in finding other sources of minerals. Local animal and plants species were also recorded.
http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/hist/150_e.php
An Introductory Guide to Continental Drift
Brief overview of the development of drift theory. Bibliography. Links to relevant sites
http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kpennell/webpage...
Out of Print Geology Books for sale
Also including books on paleontology, mineralogy, mining, explorations, early surveys, volcanology, seismology and meteoritics.
http://geology-books.com/newcatalog.html
GSA History of Geology Division
Web site includes organization information, as well as several papers on important geologists and their work.
http://geoclio.st.usm.edu/gsahistory.html
The Great Devonian Controversy
A review of the book by Martin Rudwick about this 19th century geological controversy.
http://www.friesian.com/rudwick.htm
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2006