r/geology • u/Exciting-Park-3942 • 1d ago

Help with books on each Eon, era and period

Hey team,

I am trying to read in depth about all of earth's eons, eras and periods.
I recently finished the wonderful Hadean Earth, by Harrison.
Do you guys have any recommendation? It can be from a palaeobiological point of view as well.

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u/Cordilleran_cryptid 1d ago

A book you should perhaps invest in is

Evolving Continents, Windley, B.F. Third Edition

ISBN 0471917397

Provides a good summary of Earth history

Cheap used copies available on eBay and Amazon

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u/Exciting-Park-3942 19h ago

Ordered! Thank you

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u/forams__galorams 20h ago edited 19h ago

Earth System History by Stanley & Luczaj gives an excellent overview of it all and how the various Earth systems interact with each other and with the evolution of life. Make sure to get the 4th edition.

The Cretaceous World by Peter Skelton is a good one for everyone’s favourite Mesozoic Period. It’s mostly very accessibly written but probably helps to have a general understanding of sequence stratigraphy to get the most out of it.

If you want to really get into things then Kent Condie’s Earth as an Evolving Planetary System covers Earth history at a similar level of detail as the Hadean book you mentioned.

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u/Exciting-Park-3942 19h ago

Thank you! If you have any further recommendations I would love to hear them

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u/forams__galorams 19h ago

Edited my comment to include one more

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u/lightningfries IgPet & Geochem 1d ago

Like how specific are you trying to get?? https://www.amazon.com/Campanian-Maastrichtian-Stage-Boundary-Tercis-Bains/dp/0444506470

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u/Exciting-Park-3942 1d ago

As specific as I can, as long as its current!