Geoscientist Online

The following reviews were received in 2019, and are published here while awaiting publication in print.

Please note, not all reviews may receive print publication.

Reviews

• The Moon: a History for the Future, reviewed by Les Hopper 
• Tales from the Himalaya - Religion, Science, Politics, Society, reviewed by Jeremy Joseph
• Extinction: A Very Short Introduction, reviewed by Jonathan Scafidi
• Deep Sea Mining, reviewed by David Cronan
• Metamorphic Geology: Microscale to Mountain Belts, reviewed by Simon Wellings
• A Practical Guide to Rock Microstructure (2nd Edition), reviewed by Trevor F. Emmett
• Aspects of the Life and Works of Archibald Geikie, reviewed by Peter Gutteridge
• Paleozoic-Mesozoic Geology of South Island, New Zealand: Subduction-related Processes Adjacent to SE Gondwana, reviewed by Michael F Ridd
• The Rocks of Wales: Their Story, reviewed by Brent Wilson
• The Nile and Ancient Egypt: Changing Land- and Waterscapes, from the Neolithic to the Roman Era, reviewed by Simon Kettle

• The World of Geology: Travels to Rocky Places, reviewed by Nina Morgan

• HP-UHP Metamorphism and Tectonic Evolution of Orogenic Belts, reviewed by Mark Griffin

• Drought: Science and Policy, reviewed by Jeremy Joseph
• Tectonics of the Deccan Large Igneous Province, reviewed by Stuart Burley
• Reconstructing Archaeological Sites: Understanding the Geoarchaeological Matrix, reviewed by Gina L. Barnes
• Geology at the University of Manchester: A Brief History 1851-2004, reviewed by Douglas Palmer
• Fluvial Meanders and their Sedimentary Record, reviewed by Tony Reynolds
• Lakes: A Very Short Introduction, reviewed by Andrew Barnett
• Mineral Rites: An Archaeology of the Fossil Economy, reviewed by John Henry
• The Environment: A History of the idea, reviewed by Joel Gill
• Coastal Wetlands: An Integrated Ecosystem Approach, by Brent Wilson
• Waves, Particles, and Storms in Geospace: A Complex Interplay, by Lars Backstrom
• Rocks, Radio and Radar: The Extraordinary Scientific, Social and Military Life of Elizabeth Alexander, by David G. Smith
• Water Harvesting for Groundwater Management: Issues, Perspectives, Scope, and Challenges, reviewed by Jessica Crane
• Military Aspects of Geology: Fortification, Excavation and Terrain Evaluation, reviewed by Richard Porter
• Origins: How the Earth Made Us, reviewed by James Montgomery
• Making Eden: How Plants Transformed a Barren Planet, reviewed by David Vaughan
• Rockslides and Rock Avalanches of Central Asia, reviewed Matthew Owen
• Plastic Soup: An Atlas of Ocean Pollution, reviewed by Brent Wilson
• The Anthropocene as a Geological Unit: A Guide to the Scientific Evidence and Current Debate, reviewed by Chris Hawkesworth
• Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything, reviewed by Richard Dawe
• Great Geologists, reviewed by Brent Wilson
• Beyond Extinction: The Eternal Ocean. Climate change & the continuity of life, reviewed by Simon Kettle
• William Smith’s Fossils Reunited, reviewed by Douglas Palmer
• Geology of National Parks of Central/Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania, reviewed by Rob Bowell
• A Code for Geoscientific Fieldwork in Africa, reviewed by Rob Bowell
• Derbyshire Blue John, reviewed by Nina Morgan
• The Spirit of Inquiry: How One Extraordinary Society Shaped Modern Science, reviewed by Douglas Palmer
• Reservoir Quality of Clastic and Carbonate Rocks: Analysis, Modelling and Prediction, reviewed by Simon Kettle
• The X Club: Power & Authority in Victorian Science, reviewed by Ted Nield
• THEATRE| Dinomania, reviewed by Anthony Brook
• The Tectonic Plates are Moving!, reviewed by Jonathan Scafidi
• EXHIBITION| John Ruskin: The Power of Seeing, reviewed by Douglas Palmer
• Minerals of the English Midlands, reviewed by Richard Porter
• Cratonic Basin Formation: A Case Study of the Parnaiba Basin of Brazil, reviewed by Tony Doré
• Characterization of Ore Forming Systems from Geological Geochemical and Geophysical Studies, reviewed by Robert Bowell
• Energy and Climate Change: An Introduction to Geological Controls, Interventions and Mitigations, reviewed by Georgina Blair
• Dear Saffron, reviewed by Richard Dawe
• OPERA| The Anthropocene, reviewed by David Manning
• World Seas—An Environmental Evaluation: Volume III, Ecological Issues and Environmental Impacts, reviewed by Brent Wilson
• Geology of the South Devon Coast: From the Dorset County Boundary to the Brixham Area, reviewed by Malcolm B. Hart
• Erebus: The Story of a Ship, reviewed by Douglas Palmer
• Five Photons: Remarkable Journeys of Light Across Space and Time, reviewed by Jeremy Joseph
• The Continent of Antarctica, reviewed by Eleanor Dunn
• Circum-Arctic Lithosphere Evolution, reviewed by Simon Kettle
• Geology and Geomorphology of Alluvial and Fluvial Fans: Terrestrial and Planetary Perspectives, reviewed by Robert Anderson
• The Dinosaurs Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution is Rewriting History, reviewed by Les Hopper

​