Your questions are ridiculous! And you say you actually own books on geology?? I don't believe it.
Yeah. That's the way to deal with my questions. Dismiss them as unworthy of answer. What is the pressure at the center of the earth? Did the folding in the strata occur before or after the hardening of the strata? How did those fossil images on top (and inside for that matter too) of the Grand Canyon survive all that erosion you say occurred? Where did the side canyons come from? How come archaeologists have to dig? Such ridiculous questions.
As for books, right at hand I have Harris and Tuttle - Geology of the National Parks, Press and Siever - Understanding Earth, and Stanley - Earth System History. I'm sure I have others around here too.
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