Earth Sciences information resources: Facts & data

Handbooks and data

  • Chemical elements in the environment: factsheets for the geochemist and environmental scientist [print]​
  • CRC handbook of chemistry and physics [online or ​print]​
  • Characteristics of geologic materials and formations: a field guide for geotechnical engineers [online]​
  • Geoscience handbook 2016 : AGI data sheets [print]
  • Geotechnical earthquake engineering handbook [online]
  • Geotechnical engineering investigation handbook [online]​   
  • Geotechnical investigation methods: a field guide for geotechnical engineers [online]
  • Global earth physics: a handbook of physical constants [online or print]
  • Groundwater chemicals desk reference [online or print]
  • The handbook of geoscience [online]
  • Handbook of soil analysis: mineralogical, organic and inorganic methods [online]
  • Metamorphic rocks and their geodynamic significance: a petrological handbook [print]
  • Metamorphic rocks: a classification and glossary of terms [print]
  • Mineral physics & crystallography: a handbook of physical constants [print or online]
  • NRCan Geoscience Data Repository [online]
  • Practical handbook of earth science [online]
  • Practical handbook of physical properties of rocks and minerals [online]
  • Practical handbook of soil, vadose zone and ground water contamination: assessment, prevention and remediation [online or print]

Atlases

  • Atlas géologique du monde = Geological world atlas [print]
  • Atlas of seismic stratigraphy [print]
  • Atlas of structural geology [online]
  • Atlas of structural geological interpretation from seismic images [online or print]
  • CSEG/CSPG geophysical atlas of western Canadian hydrocarbon pools [print]
  • Face of time; the geological history of Western Canada [print]
  • Geological atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin [print]
  • Geological atlas of Western and Central Europe [print]
  • NRCan Atlas of Canada [online]
  • Ore mineral atlas [print]
  • SEM petrology atlas [print]
  • Stratigraphic atlas of North and Central America [print]

Geology field trip guides

  • Field guide to gold, gemstone and mineral sites of British Columbia [print]
  • Field trip guidebook / Geological Association of Canada, Mineralogical Association of Canada, Canadian Geophysical Union [print]
  • Floods, faults and fire: geological field trips in Washington state and southwest British Columbia [print]
  • Geological field trips in southern British Columbia [print]
  • Geology of southern Vancouver Island [print]
  • Geology tours of Vancouver's buildings and monuments [print]
  • Late Quaternary geology of southwestern British Columbia [print]
  • Roadside geology of Southern British Columbia [print]
  • Transect of the southern Canadian Cordillera from Calgary to Vancouver [print]
  • Vancouver, city on the edge: living with a dynamic geological landscape [print]
  • Vancouver geology [print]