can someone recommend me a good book on like.... how land formations form? why does land look the way it does on a larger scale? tell me about river meandering geometry and oxbow lakes, how can i identify fault block mountains, exactly how the glaciers did all their nonsense
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John McPhee's "Annals of the Former World" is a masterpiece.
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But if you're just looking for straight-up facts perhaps a geology textbook might be the best place to start. I don't know which one's are the best off the top of my head though. Maybe my friend might have a recommendation!
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I don't think they have any videos about land but this is my favorite science channel on YouTube. They research extensively and everything is cited and sourced.
youtube.com/c/inanutshell
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The Earth's Shifting Crust is somewhat outside the canon, but a really interesting read that has a plausible version of events that involves periodic slippages of the crust as a single piece:
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#theUrantiaBook Part III is quite detailed on the formation of our planet and it’s subsequent evolution.
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A great, quick read on a small subset of this: Bretz's Flood by John Soennichsen. As a bonus, includes some interesting passages about how scientists and the scientific community (slowly) change their minds when theories contradict established models.
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