Download or read book Field Geologists' Manual written by Donald Alexander Berkman and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This manual is intended to provide, in one volume, a broad selection of basic material which may be required by a geologist during the course of his work. It is an attempt, with some personal bias, to abstract those critical parts of a reference library (to which all geologists require reasonable access) which may be of use during short term field projects. Obviously a geologist on a major and long term field investigation should have access to a number of textbooks to supplement the minimal particular enquiry. Specialists may find that their individual area of knowledge has been only briefly covered, but as far as possible classifications which are widely accepted have been used - and these are often the simplest"--Preface.