Author: John Milton Nickles (paléontologue).)
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
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Geologic Literature on North America, 1785-1918
Author: John Milton Nickles (paléontologue).)
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
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Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
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James Sprunt Historical Mongraphs
Author: Rosser Howard Taylor
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains
Author: Timothy Silver
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807863149
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 347
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Each year, thousands of tourists visit Mount Mitchell, the most prominent feature of North Carolina's Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the eastern United States. From Native Americans and early explorers to land speculators and conservationists, people have long been drawn to this rugged region. Timothy Silver explores the long and complicated history of the Black Mountains, drawing on both the historical record and his experience as a backpacker and fly fisherman. He chronicles the geological and environmental forces that created this intriguing landscape, then traces its history of environmental change and human intervention from the days of Indian-European contact to today. Among the many tales Silver recounts is that of Elisha Mitchell, the renowned geologist and University of North Carolina professor for whom Mount Mitchell is named, who fell to his death there in 1857. But nature's stories--of forest fires, chestnut blight, competition among plants and animals, insect invasions, and, most recently, airborne toxins and acid rain--are also part of Silver's narrative, making it the first history of the Appalachians in which the natural world gets equal time with human history. It is only by understanding the dynamic between these two forces, Silver says, that we can begin to protect the Black Mountains for future generations.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807863149
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Each year, thousands of tourists visit Mount Mitchell, the most prominent feature of North Carolina's Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the eastern United States. From Native Americans and early explorers to land speculators and conservationists, people have long been drawn to this rugged region. Timothy Silver explores the long and complicated history of the Black Mountains, drawing on both the historical record and his experience as a backpacker and fly fisherman. He chronicles the geological and environmental forces that created this intriguing landscape, then traces its history of environmental change and human intervention from the days of Indian-European contact to today. Among the many tales Silver recounts is that of Elisha Mitchell, the renowned geologist and University of North Carolina professor for whom Mount Mitchell is named, who fell to his death there in 1857. But nature's stories--of forest fires, chestnut blight, competition among plants and animals, insect invasions, and, most recently, airborne toxins and acid rain--are also part of Silver's narrative, making it the first history of the Appalachians in which the natural world gets equal time with human history. It is only by understanding the dynamic between these two forces, Silver says, that we can begin to protect the Black Mountains for future generations.
Geologic Literature on North America, 1785-1918
Author: John Milton Nickles
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
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Biennial Report of the State Geologist
Author: North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Biennial Report of the State Geologist
Author: North Carolina Geological Survey (1891-1925)
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Biennial Report of the State Geologist
Author: North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905)
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Report of the State Geologist and Director
Author: North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Biennial Report of the State Geologist, 1891/92-1922/24
Author: North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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The James Sprunt Historical Publications
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
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