Category: Reference Material
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Roy Plotnick: I found a fossil!! (or did I?)
Roy Plotnick has a new post over on Medium. In this one, he gives some great tips for those occasions when you’re out on a walk and find a rock and hope it’s a fossil. You are walking along a creek bed when you see an oddly shaped and colored rock. You pick it up…
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New Book: “Collector’s Guide to Fort Payne Crinoids and Blastoids”
ESCONI member William Morgan, a retired professor from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has a new book called “Collector’s Guide to Fort Payne Crinoids and Blastoids”. The Fort Payne Formation of Kentucky dates to the early Mississippian Period. The focus of this book is on the Fort Payne Formation and…
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New Book: “Collector’s Guide to Fort Payne Crinoids and Blastoids”
ESCONI member William Morgan, a retired professor from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has a new book called “Collector’s Guide to Fort Payne Crinoids and Blastoids”. The Fort Payne Formation of Kentucky dates to the early Mississippian Period. The focus of this book is on the Fort Payne Formation and…
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Mazon Monday #86: Herrin Coal Fossil Guides
This is Mazon Monday post #86. What’s your favorite Mazon Creek fossil? Tell us at email:esconi.info@gmail.com. In 2021, ESCONI organized two field trips to a shaft mine spoil pile near Danville, IL. Both trips were very successful, with many fascinating specimens collected. You can find more information about these trips at the links below. Here…
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Updated ESCONI Library Books and Videos
ESCONI has a library of books and videos about the earth sciences. The ESCONI library now contains 660 items. From dinosaurs to Native Americans to the geology under our feet, there’s a ton of great material. The Complete Dinosaur Farlow & Brett-Surman (ed.) 1997The Complete T. Rex (softcover, signed by Horner & Lessem) Horner & Lessem…
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A Paleo Reader: 22 Books for Fossil Lovers
Good story over on the NMNH blog. Many good books listed. Here’s just a few highlights: If you’ve got some time over the holidays (or the upcoming cold months), grab some good reading!
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New Book on Hell Creek Formation from GSA
From the Geological Society of America: Full Title: Through the End of the Cretaceous in the Type Locality of the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and Adjacent Areas Editors: Gregory P. Wilson, William A. Clemens, John R. Horner, and Joseph H. Hartman Description: For over a century, the Hell Creek and Fort Union formations and their constituent…
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ESCONI Library – Members Can Borrow Books
One great benefit of belonging to ESCONI is that you can borrow books from the ESCONI library (go here to get the list of books.) Just a reminder – Be sure to call Andy Jansen at [630 739 7721] or request by email – [arjansen at aol.com] by tomorrow – Thursday, if you would like him…
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Gift Idea: Book on Meteorites
Geology.com posted on books about meteorites that you can buy from their site: Meteorite Hunting by Geoffrey Notkin, cohost of the Meteorite Men television series. Meteorites by Alain Carion. Both are available in the Geology.com Store. Photo: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=846
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Historical Map Collection
From USGS via Geology.com: “Nearly 90,000 high resolution scans of the more than 200,000 historical USGS topographic maps, some dating as far back as 1884, are now available online. The Historical Topographic Map Collection includes published U.S. maps of all scales and editions.” Quoted from the USGS news release.
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Paleobiology Database
The Paleobiology Database seeks to provide researchers and the public with information about the entire fossil record. You can use the site to find out about fossil collections, individual plants and animals, taxonomic groups, references to publications, stratigraphic units, time scales, and time intervals. All of our data can be downloaded, including collection, occurrence, or…
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USGS Free Textbook on Hydrology
Via Geology.com from USGS: To learn about basic ground water concepts you can download and print a free copy of USGS Water Supply Paper 2220, Basic Ground-Water Hydrology by Ralph Heath. This is a large .pdf file but worth the download wait. A great free textbook for a college course.
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USGS Library
USGS Photo: St. Francis Dam Flood March 12-13, 1928. Flood-twisted railroad track between Castic Junction and Piru, California. March 18, 1928. From USGS via Geology.com: …Public users are welcome to visit any of the USGS libraries and use their collections; libraries are open Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays… To borrow materials from a USGS…
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The Fossil Fauna of Mazon Creek
The 1997 Mazon Creek fauna book, Richardson’s Guide to The Fossil Fauna of Mazon Creek, by Charles w. Shabica and Andrew A. Hay, ed., is now available in limited quantities at the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability for $50.00. Limited quantities of this comprehensive reference are available while they last. The volume is out of…
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Printable USGS Topographic Maps
Via Geology.com – “Here is a website where you can view and print as many USGS topographic maps as you want for free. You can also switch back and forth between Google Maps and Google satellite images.”
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English Geology Book
Some of our members travel to England and other countries as part of their study of paleontology, geology and the other earth sciences… so when I saw this book review, I thought it would be of interest: Review of A Walkers’ Guide to the Geology of British Mountains’ from Outdoorsmagic.com, “… it’s a large-format, 208-…
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New Book on S. IL. Coal Mining
Via Coal Geology: “Southern Illinois Coal: A Portfolio” contains coal mining photographs by C. William Horrell, taken across the southern Illinois Coal Belt over a twenty-year period from 1966 to 1986. … “In cool documentary style, Horrell’s photos detail the miners, the methods, and the artifacts of Illinois coal. From giant surface shovels to self propelled…
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Geothermal Map of US
Via geology.com: Google says that there is a “Googol of heat beneath our feet” and has prepared a geothermal heat map of the United States that displays in the Google Earth program. The map is interactive – you can click on any state to get a statistical summary of that state’s geothermal resource. If you…
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Geology Videos On Line
Via Arizona Geology: There are scores of science channels on YouTube and a fair number of geology-themed ones. Here’s a sampling of geo channels with a fair amount of high-quality content. Do you have any others you’d like to recommend?
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Rare Print Geology Books
This site sells rare and out of print geology and earth science books… interesting stuff.
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maps, maps, maps
And a link to free Topo maps thanks to Carlos! And a web site that lists other map sites.
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Geology Books
Via Geology.com: …Congratulations to Richard W. Ojakangas who has authored “Roadside Geology of Minnesota,” a new book that can guide you to the geology of Minnesota that can be seen along the highway…. Also, just saw that the Amateur Geologist has a long list of recommended books…
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Web Sites About Archaeology
Interesting sites about archaeology: Archaeology for Kids: http://www.mrdonn.org/index.html
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Earth Science Gift Books
Some more ideas for gifts for the holiday season… Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth by DK Publishing Extreme Scientists: Exploring Nature’s Mysteries from Perilous Places by Donna M. Jackson Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past by James M. Deem The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins:…
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Identification References
Larson Quarry Fossil Identification and Illinois Geode Collecting Links Dave Carlson’s Larson Quarry Fossil documentIllinois Geode Collecting from the ISGS.
