The Story of a Boulder, by Archibald Geikie, Part 2

Boring Books for Bedtime by Sharon Handy

May 11, 202645:35Health

Let's take a relaxing trip back to Scotland and explore geology through the details of a single boulder. This time, glacial effects, the cyclical nature of formations, life in the past, and ideas about how an ocean bould...

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