{"product_id":"geology-a-venture-in-earth-science-reporting-vol-1-nos-1-4-inaugural-volume-1973","title":"Geology: A Venture in Earth Science Reporting, Vol. 1 Nos. 1–4 - Inaugural Volume (1973)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe complete first volume of Geology, the influential earth-science journal of the Geological Society of America, containing all four issues published during its inaugural year: September through December 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Geological Society of America developed Geology in the early 1970s as a new kind of scientific journal built around concise, rapidly published research papers. After approval by the GSA Council in 1972, the first issue appeared in September 1973. The journal subsequently became one of the major international publications in the geosciences and remains in publication more than fifty years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bound inaugural volume captures earth science at a particularly interesting moment. Plate tectonics had only recently become the dominant framework for understanding the planet, while lunar exploration and the emerging field of planetary geology were expanding geological research beyond Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe very first issue reflects that transition. Its original lunar-surface cover is preserved here, along with papers on subjects including meteorite impacts and Martian landforms, an experimental X-ray analyzer for Martian regolith, ocean-trench geology, sedimentation, submarine reconnaissance, aeromagnetic geological mapping, and the structure of ophiolites. Later issues continue with contemporary research on plate tectonics, geophysics, sedimentology, petrology, and related fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the papers preserved in the volume is George W. Moore's 1973 “Westward Tidal Lag as the Driving Force of Plate Tectonics,” an example of the active scientific debate that accompanied the rapid adoption of plate-tectonic theory during this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike a modern reprint or digital archive, this volume preserves the original 1973 journal issues—including their covers, typography, advertisements, editorial material, letters, reviews, and other features—as they were encountered by working geologists when the journal was new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 1, No. 1 — September 1973\u003cbr\u003eVolume 1, No. 2 — October 1973\u003cbr\u003eVolume 1, No. 3 — November 1973\u003cbr\u003eVolume 1, No. 4 — December 1973\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1973\u003cbr\u003eVolume: 1 — Complete Inaugural Volume\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Four original journal issues bound together in hardcover\u003cbr\u003eISSN: 0091-7613\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage institutional\/library binding in tan cloth with the original journal issues and illustrated covers preserved inside. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stemcell Science Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43257949880418,"sku":"GE-4892","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1627\/0819\/files\/IMG_7514_ccfdc76d-192d-4098-82c4-9757bd47b3f4.jpg?v=1787786561","url":"https:\/\/www.beosadia.com\/products\/geology-a-venture-in-earth-science-reporting-vol-1-nos-1-4-inaugural-volume-1973","provider":"Osadia Concept Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}