Steven A. Austin, editor. The treatment is in nontechnical language at the undergraduate college level and provides an easy introduction to geological concepts and terminology.
Scholarly documentation is provided for readers who wish to investigate technical details.
The text is profusely illustrated with 120 excellent line drawings and 50 color photographs. This chapter can serve as a good introductory treatment on the presumed mechanics of evolution from simple to complex organisms. The usefulness of the book is enhanced by the glossary in Appendix E. Appendix D provides a list of questions that may be useful for group study based on the book. No reference is given by which the reader can check the authenticity of such an unusual find. Monument to Catastrophe combines biblical interpretation with technical description and modeling.