Books and Articles

The following were recommended by Keith Montague at the end of his talk 'Plate Tectonics - The Proving of Continental Drift'

 
The Tectonic Plates are Moving       Roy Livermore                         OUP
Earth’s Deep History                        Martin Ruddock                        University of Chicago
Goldilocks Planet                              Zalasiewicz & Williams           OUP
Lucky Planet                                     David Waltham                        Icon

 

Helen Gordon, Notes from the Deep - A journey through our Past and Future Worlds 

Steve Brusatte, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs - The Untold Story of a Lost World A good introduction to Palaeontology

John Downes, Isle of Wight: Landscape and Geology A detailed well-illustrated description of the geology and associated geological processes 

Simon Winchester, The Map that Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption.

'...the fascinating story of 'Strata' Smith, a man who crossed boundaries of class, wealth and science to produce a map that fundamentally changed the way we view the world'. (Back cover)

David BressanA Geological Review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom  Forbes.com

Daniel J. Peppe & Alan L. Deino Dating Rocks and Fossils using Geologic Methods Nature.com

Kola Superdeep Borehole The project attempted to drill as deep as possible into the Earth's crust Wikipedia