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Dorothy B. Vitaliano

Geomythology: geological origins of myths and legends

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 1-7. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] FREE  

W. Bruce Masse, Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Luigi Piccardi and Paul T. Barber

Exploring the nature of myth and its role in science

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 9-28. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

D. Chandrasekharam

Geo-mythology of India

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 29-37. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Michael B. Roberts

Genesis Chapter 1 and geological time from Hugo Grotius and Marin Mersenne to William Conybeare and Thomas Chalmers (1620–1825)

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 39-49. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Eutizio Vittori, Sabina Fulloni and Luigi Piccardi

Environment and natural hazards in Roman and Medieval texts: presentation of the CLEMENS database project

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 51-59. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Tiziana Lanza and Aquiles Negrete

From myth to Earth education and science communication

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 61-66. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Ruth S. Ludwin, Gregory J. Smits, D. Carver, K. James, C. Jonientz-Trisler, A. D. McMillan, R. Losey, R. Dennis, J. Rasmussen, A. De Los Angeles, D. Buerge, C. P. Thrush, J. Clague, J. Bowechop and J. Wray

Folklore and earthquakes: Native American oral traditions from Cascadia compared with written traditions from Japan

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 67-94. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Luigi Piccardi

The AD 60 Denizli Basin earthquake and the apparition of Archangel Michael at Colossae (Aegean Turkey)

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 95-105. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Susan E. Hough

Writing on the walls: geological context and early American spiritual beliefs

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 107-115. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

N.-A. Mörner

The Fenris Wolf in the Nordic Asa creed in the light of palaeoseismics

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 117-119. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

F. G. Bourrouilh-Le Jan, B. Akram and M. Schvoerer

Band-e-Amir Lakes and Dragon Valley (Bamiyan): myths and seismicity in Afghanistan

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 121-132. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Vladimir G. Trifonov

The Bible and geology: destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 133-142. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Patrick D. Nunn and Ronna Pastorizo

Geological histories and geohazard potential of Pacific Islands illuminated by myths

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 143-163. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Eugenia Shanklin

Exploding lakes in myth and reality: an African case study

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 165-176. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

W. Bruce Masse and Michael J. Masse

Myth and catastrophic reality: using myth to identify cosmic impacts and massive Plinian eruptions in Holocene South America

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 177-202. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

E. Bryant, G. Walsh and D. Abbott

Cosmogenic mega-tsunami in the Australia region: are they supported by Aboriginal and Maori legends?

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 203-214. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Massimo D'Orazio

Meteorite records in the ancient Greek and Latin literature: between history and myth

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 215-225. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Andrea Dini, Alessandro Corretti, Fabrizio Innocenti, Sergio Rocchi and David Scott Westerman

Sooty sweat stains or tourmaline spots? The Argonauts on the Island of Elba (Tuscany) and the spread of Greek trading in the Mediterranean Sea

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 227-243. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Adrienne Mayor

Place names describing fossils in oral traditions

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 245-261. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

V. Agnesi, C. Di Patti and B. Truden

Giants and elephants of Sicily

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 263-270. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

W. H. Berger

On the discovery of the ice age: science and myth

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 271-278. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Kenneth J. McNamara

Shepherds' crowns, fairy loaves and thunderstones: the mythology of fossil echinoids in England

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 279-294. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Susan Fox Hodgson

Obsidian: sacred glass from the California sky

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 295-313. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Luigi Motta and Michele Motta

Erratic blocks: from protector beings to geosites to be protected

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 315-327. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

D. Aringoli, B. Gentili, G. Pambianchi and A. M. Piscitelli

The contribution of the ‘Sibilla Appenninica’ legend to karst knowledge in the Sibillini Mountains (Central Apennines, Italy)

Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2007 volume 273: 329-340. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

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