A Geological Companion to Greece and the Aegean by M. D. Higgins and R. Higgins. Duckworth, London, 1996. No of pages: 240. Price: £40 ($65.35) (hardback). ISBN 0 7156 2722 8.
✍ Scribed by P. A. James
- Book ID
- 101282251
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 49 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0072-1050
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✦ Synopsis
This book was completed by geologist, Michael Higgins, after the death of his father and co-author, the archaeologist, Reynold Higgins. Its aim is stated to be not just a description of the geology of Greece and the Aegean, as that had already been done (Brinkman 1976;Jacobshagen 1986), but also to comment on how geology in¯uenced the development of the ancient civilizations of this region. As a summary of a considerable scienti®c literature and of published and unpublished Greek and Turkish geological maps, it is a valuable reference source for the geologist or archaeologist with an interest in Greece and the Aegean. Many of the great number of sites described were visited by one or both of the authors. The presentation is intelligible to the non-geologist, There is one chapter on the geological background (dealing, for example, with the structure of the earth, rock types, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanism and weathering and soils), a second on the geological history of the Mediterranean and also a glossary of geological terms. There are 14 chapters dealing with regions covering mainland and island Greece and the west coastal region of Turkey. Each presents an outline of the geology, with a discussion of rock types and structural and major relief features. The eects of