For anyone looking for a bit more detail I would highly recommend: "Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies"[1] by G. Brent Dalrymple which is a distillation of the auth

For anyone looking for a bit more detail I would highly recommend: "Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies"[1] by G. Brent Dalrymple which is a distillation of the author’s earlier, more scholarly work: "The Age of the Earth"[2] if you're looking for a lot more detail. [1] http://amazon.com/o/asin/0804749337 http://amazon.com/o/asin/0804749337 [2] http://amazon.com/o/asin/0804723311 http://amazon.com/o/asin/0804723311