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Canada Rocks
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Author : Nick Eyles
language : en
Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Release Date : 2018
Canada Rocks written by Nick Eyles and has been published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Science categories.
This is the story of how the Canadian landmass evolved -- piece by piece -- from a long-lost continent some four billion years ago into one of the most spectacular and geologically significant areas on Earth.
Canada S Rocks And Minerals
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Author : Joanne Richter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-09-01
Canada S Rocks And Minerals written by Joanne Richter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-01 with Minerals categories.
Cool facts for aspiring rock-hounds! Canada is a vast country with a diverse geography, which makes it a fantastic place to discover rocks and minerals. This book is crammed with cool and interesting facts perfect for the aspiring rock collector. Did you know that Canada is the third-leading producer of diamonds in the world? Do you know which Canadian Universities have minerals named after them? Or that montroyalite was named after Mont Royal, Quebec?
Canadian Shield
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Author : Nick Eyles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Canadian Shield written by Nick Eyles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Photography categories.
Being a Canadian carries with it a tangible sense of living on the edge of a vast barren interior. Only named as such in 1883, the Canadian Shield is an empty immensity of lakes, bogs, rivers, forest and protruding ribs of hard Precambrian crystalline rock that covers more than half of the total land area of Canada. This book traces the geologic evolution of the Shield, its first tentative exploration by humans starting 11,000 years ago as the last great ice sheets withdrew, its changing economic fortunes as Europeans penetrated its remote rocky vastnesses for furs and metals, and its transformation in the twentieth century into a national icon to Canadians. Regarded as 'barren' and of no value, much of the Shield was given away in 1670 to a single London-based fur trading company, the Hudson Bay Company, who jealously guarded its northern domain until 1867. This two hundred year long monopoly created a virtual government over a huge piece of North America. Without the HBC, much of it would have passed into American hands and there would have been no 'Canadian' Shield or country called Canada. As a nation, we are indebted to hard rock.
Ontario Rocks
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Author : N. Eyles
language : en
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Release Date : 2002
Ontario Rocks written by N. Eyles and has been published by Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
In its long and rocky past, the place we call Ontario has traveled across the equator, been peppered and pockmarked by meteorites, seen the rise and decline of towering mountains, and gave rise to some very strange and now extinct organisms. In fact, what seems like a changeless landscape was once covered by vast seas and huge, continent-wide ice sheets which measured 2 kilometres thick, leaving in their wake, the Great Lakes. Ontario Rocks tells this fascinating 3 billion year long story of Ontario's geological evolution, from its beginnings as part of an early landmass called Arctica, its incorporation into enormous supercontinents, through to the repeated ice ages and abrupt climatic changes of the last few thousand years. Merging Canadian geology with global evolution, this highly illustrated survey also touches on the development of Ontario's mining and oil industries, and the commercial use of rocks as building material. Ontario Rocks concludes with an exploration of the "artificial" urban landscape, and how geologists use their knowledge to safeguard groundwater and rivers, dispose of wastes and understand the hazards posed by earthquakes and erosion. Ontario Rocks is a highly accessible sourcebook, perfect for students and all those intrigued by the history and formation of the land under us.
Canada S Rocks And Minerals
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Author : Joanne Richter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Canada S Rocks And Minerals written by Joanne Richter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Minerals categories.
Canada Rocks
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Canada Rocks written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
Reading The Rocks
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Author : Morris Zaslow
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Company of Canada ; Ottawa : Department of Energy, Mines and Resources ; Ottawa : Information Canada
Release Date : 1975
Reading The Rocks written by Morris Zaslow and has been published by Macmillan Company of Canada ; Ottawa : Department of Energy, Mines and Resources ; Ottawa : Information Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Science categories.
Published in association with the Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources, and Information Canada.
Road Rocks Ontario
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Author : Nicholas Eyles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Road Rocks Ontario written by Nicholas Eyles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Geology categories.
The province of Ontario contains many sites of outstanding geological importance. Many are internationally well known and attract visitors from around the globe. Others no less important remain hidden in plain sight. During the last 3 billion years Ontario has been witness to giant tectonic collisions as North America collided in turn with South America and Africa creating huge mountains now long gone. Many of Ontario's northern rocks originated as magma on ancient ocean floors long before life flourished. The province has been dented by fiery meteorites, drifted across the equator, been flooded by tropical seas rich in marine life and scraped bare by ice sheets. Ontario's rich geologic history is illustrated here by short descriptions of more than 200 field sites ranging from Timmins in the north to Windsor in the south. These include the Sleeping Giant near Thunder Bay; Agawa Canyon; the Sudbury meteorite crater; Niagara Escarpment; the Falls and Gorge; numerous caves, the mineral-rich Bancroft area; and the high lakeshore cliffs at Scarborough Bluffs. Some sites are sacred to First Nations and are associated with spectacular rock art. Also included are sites from adjacent parts of Quebec such as the Monteregian Hills near Montreal, the Gatineau Hills at Ottawa and a few sites in New York State, all of which add to the story of the geological evolution of Ontario and all of which are all within easy driving distance from Ontario. Each site features a short summary of its significance and is depicted on a map with GPS coordinates. Take a drive through our geology and take a few moments to think of Ontario's long and varied history.
Canada Rocks
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
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Rocks And Minerals For The Collector
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Author : Ann P. Sabina
language : en
Publisher: [Ottawa, Ont.] : Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
Release Date : 1991
Rocks And Minerals For The Collector written by Ann P. Sabina and has been published by [Ottawa, Ont.] : Energy, Mines and Resources Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Nature categories.
This guidebook describes mineral, rock and fossil occurrences between Sudbury, Ontario and Winnipeg , Manitoba. It is one of a series of guidebooks covering collecting localities in various accessible parts of Canada.