Bjornerud, M., 2005, Reading the rocks: the autobiography of the Earth. Westview Press: Cambridge, MA.
Fortey, R. A., 2004, The Earth, an intimate history. HarperCollins: London.
Hazen, R. M., 2012, The story of Earth: the first 4.5 billion years, from stardust to living planet. Viking: New York.
Kious, J. and Tilling, R.I., 1996, The Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics. USGS: Washington, DC. Available online
Macdougall, J. D., 1996, A short history of planet Earth: mountains, mammals, fire, and ice. Wiley: New York.
Morton, J. L., & Morton, J. L., 2004, Strata: the remarkable life story of William Smith, the father of English geology (new ed.). Brocken Spectre: Horsham, UK.
Powell, J., 2001, Mysteries of terra firma: The age and evolution of the Earth. Free Press: New York.
Winchester, S., & Vannithone, S., 2001, The map that changed the world: William Smith and the birth of modern geology. HarperCollins: New York, NY.
Maps
AAPG, 1979, Great Lakes Geological Highway Map (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin). AAPG: Tulsa, OK.
AAPG, 1984, Northern Great Plains Geological Highway Map (North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota). AAPG: Tulsa, OK.
