All 10 Uses of
geology
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- But there will always be granite in the Granite State, and little Owen Meany's family was in the granite business—not ever a recommended business in our small, seacoast part of New Hampshire, although the Meany Granite Quarry was situated over what geologists call the Exeter Pluton.†
p. 14.1
- "GEOLOGY," he said.†
p. 319.8
- GEOLOGY IS THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH.†
p. 319.9
- On November 22, 1963, Owen Meany and I were in my room at 80 Front Street, studying for a Geology exam.†
p. 447.4 *
- I was angry with Owen for manipulating me into taking Geology, the true nature of which was concealed—at the University of New Hampshire—in the curriculum catalog under the hippie-inspired title of Earth Science.†
p. 447.4
- The biggest mistake I made was to take Geology!†
p. 448.4
- "Maybe if you weren't a stupid Geology major, you could be a little more enthusiastic about your courses," I told him.†
p. 455.4
- "GEOLOGY IS EASY FOR ME," Owen said.†
p. 455.4
- Meany, Jr., with a B.S. in Geology.†
p. 492.7
- From my Geology course, I knew that everything below me had once been a shallow ocean; and at dusk, when I flew into Phoenix, the shadows on the rocks were a tropical-sea purple, and the tumbleweeds were aquamarine—so that I could actually imagine the ocean that once was there.†
p. 590.7
Definition:
a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
or more rarely:
the rocks, minerals, and rock formations of an area
or more rarely:
the rocks, minerals, and rock formations of an area