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Marine Geology: Undersea Landforms and Life Forms (Changing Earth Series)

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This is rather an average sort of book on marine geology. There seems to be a high degree of repetitive information given in almost the same words under various headings. If you've already done any reading at all on geology, and especially on marine geology, it will probably contain little of interest. The book is a highly structured introduction to the subject, so one might be able to use it as a reference work, but the material is delivered in rather blunt and categorical prose. I might recommend it to a middle school or high school library, since it is not overly technical--think Discovery Channel or PBS level--however the writing style may discourage the younger reader. My first introduction--admittedly as an adult and one with a college level background but no prior knowledge of geology or oceanography--was the Press and Sievert edition (now out of print) of Earth, Earth: Fourth Edition, and that was a highly readable and very informative college level text, and one that most high school students could probably handle easily and middle school if they had an aptitude for science.

I think parts of this book are unbelievable, especially the part about the blue orb. This book also has some probable theories of how the earth came about. The pictures and diagrams are very helpful and descriptive. I think this book might be a helpful resource for possible theories but I honestly did not enjoy this book. I thought this book had too many ideas that could never be proven. Someone who is interested in possible explanations about the Earth's creation should read this book.