Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997. Octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper.

The goal of the Scholz expedition was to determine, by recording tiny natural earthquakes, if a previously unknown arm of the East African Rift system had propogated into the Kalahari Desert from the north. Fieldwork tracks the quest of the scientist for a solution to a specific geological problem and records the adventures encountered in this wild and inhospitable part of Africa.