{"id":10639,"date":"2026-02-25T20:26:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/?p=10639"},"modified":"2026-02-25T20:30:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:30:45","slug":"david-grainger-the-geologic-evolution-of-saudi-arabia-2007-first-edition-195","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/david-grainger-the-geologic-evolution-of-saudi-arabia-2007-first-edition-195\/","title":{"rendered":"David Grainger: The Geologic Evolution of Saudi Arabia, 2007 &#8211; first edition. \u00a3195"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>AN ACCOUNT OF SAUDI ARABIA\u2019S GEOLOGY FOR \u2018INTERESTED BUT NON-SPECIALIST READERS\u2019,<\/strong><br><strong>WHICH INCLUDES A SERIES OF SIX \u2018EXCURSIONS\u2019 AND THREE \u2018GEONOTES\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GRAINGER, David J.<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>The Geologic Evolution of Saudi Arabia:&nbsp;<\/em><em>A Voyage through Space and Time<\/em>. Jeddah: C&amp;C Offset Printing Co Ltd for&nbsp;Saudi Geological Survey, 2007.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 volumes, quarto (264 x 230mm), pp. I: [i]-xv, [1 (illustration)], 1-264; II (comprising 9 fascicules): [1]-24 (\u2018Excursion 1 Jiddah (and Makkah) to Al Hada\u2019); [1]-24 (\u2018Excursion 2 Wadi Fatima\u2019); [1]-24 (\u2018Excursion 3 Al Jumum to Madrakah\u2019); [1]-23 (\u2018Excursion 4 Jiddah (and Makkah) to Al Madinah\u2019), [1 (blank)]; [1]-24 (\u2018Excursion 5 At Ta\u2019if to Riyadh\u2019); [1]-22, [23-24] (\u2018Excursion 6 Al Wahbah Crater\u2019); [1]-40 (\u2018GeoNotes 1-5\u2019); [1]-48 (\u2018GeoNotes 6-11\u2019); [1]-48 (\u2018GeoNotes 12-16\u2019). Colour-printed maps and illustrations in the text, some full-page. Vol. I bound in original illustrated glazed boards, blue endpapers, vol. II formed of 9 fascicules bound in original illustrated wrappers, all fascicules contained in original box, both volumes contained in the original illustrated glazed slipcase. A fine set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10618\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_03.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_03-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_03-295x350.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_08.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_08.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_08-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_08-566x350.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"839\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_09.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_09.jpg 839w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_09-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_09-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_09-611x328.jpg 611w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_09-650x350.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First edition.\u00a0<\/strong>The geologist David Grainger FGS explains in his introduction that\u00a0<em>The Geologic Evolution of Saudi Arabia<\/em>\u00a0\u2018outlines the geologic evolution of Saudi Arabia and explores the connections between geology and landscape. It has been said, perhaps with only a touch of exaggeration, that geology controls the topography, which controls the local weather, which controls the local plants and animals \u2013 and by extension, the local culture and economic development. It certainly is not an exaggeration to say that it was favorable geologic conditions in the far distant past that provided the Kingdom with the vast accumulations of oil on which was based its spectacular economic development of the last 500 years or so.\u00a0<em>The Geologic Evolution of Saudi Arabia\u00a0<\/em>is a distillation of the geology of the Kingdom. Extensive travel in the mountains and deserts of this harshly beautiful land has supplemented information provided by the work of colleagues, and my own work in compiling, reviewing, and editing geologic maps and reports. [\u2026] The book is for interested but non-specialist readers. It is in two parts. The first part deals with the geologic evolution of Saudi Arabia, and the second is a set of geologic Excursions and GeoNotes based on my own personal work around the Kingdom\u2019 (I, p. xv).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_06.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_06-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.typeandforme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3233_06-504x350.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Geologic Evolution of Saudi Arabia<\/em>&nbsp;is a handsomely produced and extensively illustrated work (the majority of the illustrations based on the author\u2019s own photographs). The practical second volume of the work is formed of brief pamphlets, which are light enough to be easily carried in the course of the exploratory \u2018Excursions\u2019 (i.e. geologic field trips) they describe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a3195<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;\u00b7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.typeandforme.com\/product\/david-grainger-the-geologic-evolution-of-saudi-arabia-2007\/\" style=\"background-color:#003b7a;letter-spacing:0.5px\"><strong>Order this work from the Type &amp; 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