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Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Volume 273, 2007
Myth and Geology
Edited by:
L. Piccardi, C.N.R., Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, Florence, Italy and
W. B. Masse, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA

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    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, NP, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.26

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    Geomythology: geological origins of myths and legends
    Dorothy B. Vitaliano
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 1-7, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.01
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    Exploring the nature of myth and its role in science
    W. Bruce Masse, Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Luigi Piccardi and Paul T. Barber
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 9-28, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.02
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    Geo-mythology of India
    D. Chandrasekharam
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 29-37, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.03
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    Genesis Chapter 1 and geological time from Hugo Grotius and Marin Mersenne to William Conybeare and Thomas Chalmers (1620–1825)
    Michael B. Roberts
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 39-49, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.04
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    Environment and natural hazards in Roman and Medieval texts: presentation of the CLEMENS database project
    Eutizio Vittori, Sabina Fulloni and Luigi Piccardi
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 51-59, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.05
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    From myth to Earth education and science communication
    Tiziana Lanza and Aquiles Negrete
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 61-66, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.06
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    Folklore and earthquakes: Native American oral traditions from Cascadia compared with written traditions from Japan
    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
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 67-94, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.07
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    The ad 60 Denizli Basin earthquake and the apparition of Archangel Michael at Colossae (Aegean Turkey)
    Luigi Piccardi
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 95-105, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.08
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    Writing on the walls: geological context and early American spiritual beliefs
    Susan E. Hough
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 107-115, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.09
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    The Fenris Wolf in the Nordic Asa creed in the light of palaeoseismics
    N.-A. Mörner
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 117-119, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.10
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    Band-e-Amir Lakes and Dragon Valley (Bamiyan): myths and seismicity in Afghanistan
    F. G. Bourrouilh-Le Jan, B. Akram and M. Schvoerer
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 121-132, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.11
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    The Bible and geology: destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
    Vladimir G. Trifonov
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 133-142, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.12
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    Geological histories and geohazard potential of Pacific Islands illuminated by myths
    Patrick D. Nunn and Ronna Pastorizo
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 143-163, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.13
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    Exploding lakes in myth and reality: an African case study
    Eugenia Shanklin
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 165-176, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.14
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    Myth and catastrophic reality: using myth to identify cosmic impacts and massive Plinian eruptions in Holocene South America
    W. Bruce Masse and Michael J. Masse
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 177-202, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.15
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    Cosmogenic mega-tsunami in the Australia region: are they supported by Aboriginal and Maori legends?
    E. Bryant, G. Walsh and D. Abbott
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 203-214, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.16
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    Meteorite records in the ancient Greek and Latin literature: between history and myth
    Massimo D'Orazio
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 215-225, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.17
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    Sooty sweat stains or tourmaline spots? The Argonauts on the Island of Elba (Tuscany) and the spread of Greek trading in the Mediterranean Sea
    Andrea Dini, Alessandro Corretti, Fabrizio Innocenti, Sergio Rocchi and David Scott Westerman
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 227-243, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.18
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    Place names describing fossils in oral traditions
    Adrienne Mayor
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 245-261, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.19
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    Giants and elephants of Sicily
    V. Agnesi, C. Di Patti and B. Truden
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 263-270, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.20
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    On the discovery of the ice age: science and myth
    W. H. Berger
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 271-278, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.21
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    Shepherds' crowns, fairy loaves and thunderstones: the mythology of fossil echinoids in England
    Kenneth J. McNamara
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 279-294, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.22
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    Obsidian: sacred glass from the California sky
    Susan Fox Hodgson
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 295-313, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.23
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    Erratic blocks: from protector beings to geosites to be protected
    Luigi Motta and Michele Motta
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 315-327, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.24
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    The contribution of the ‘Sibilla Appenninica’ legend to karst knowledge in the Sibillini Mountains (Central Apennines, Italy)
    D. Aringoli, B. Gentili, G. Pambianchi and A. M. Piscitelli
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 273, 329-340, 1 January 2007, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2007.273.01.25
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