Author: Lon Abbott
Publisher: Geology Underfoot
ISBN: 9780878425280
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explores the geological events that have helped shape twenty regions of Arizona, including the Tonto Bridge State Park, Glen Canyon Dam, Grand Canyon, meteor crater, and Monument Valley.
Geology Underfoot in Northern Arizona
Author: Lon Abbott
Publisher: Geology Underfoot
ISBN: 9780878425280
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explores the geological events that have helped shape twenty regions of Arizona, including the Tonto Bridge State Park, Glen Canyon Dam, Grand Canyon, meteor crater, and Monument Valley.
Publisher: Geology Underfoot
ISBN: 9780878425280
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explores the geological events that have helped shape twenty regions of Arizona, including the Tonto Bridge State Park, Glen Canyon Dam, Grand Canyon, meteor crater, and Monument Valley.
Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau
Author: Ronald C. Blakey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Imagine seeing the varied landscapes of the earth as they used to look throughout hundreds of millions of years of earth history. Tropical seas lap on the shores of an Arizona beach. Immense sand dunes shift and swirl in Sahara-like deserts in Utah and New Mexico. Ancient rivers spill from a mountain range in Colorado that was a precursor to the modern Rockies. Such flights of geologic fancy are now tangible through the thought-provoking and beautiful paleogeographic maps, reminiscent of the maps in world atlases we all paged through as children, of Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau.Ron Blakey of Northern Arizona University is one of the world's foremost authorities on the geologic history of the Colorado Plateau. For more than fifteen years, he has meticulously created maps that show how numerous past landscapes gave rise to the region's stunning geologic formations. Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau is the first book to showcase Blakey's remarkable work. His maps are accompanied by text by Wayne Ranney, geologist and award-winning author of Carving Grand Canyon. Ranney takes readers on a fascinating tour of the many landscapes depicted in the maps, and Blakey and Ranney's fruitful collaboration brings the past alive like never before.Features: More than 70 state-of-the-art paleogeographic maps of the region and of the world, developed over many years of geologic research Detailed yet accessible text that covers the geology of the plateau in a way nongeologists can appreciate More than 100 full-color photographs, diagrams, and illustrations A detailed guide of where to go to see the spectacular rocks of the region
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Imagine seeing the varied landscapes of the earth as they used to look throughout hundreds of millions of years of earth history. Tropical seas lap on the shores of an Arizona beach. Immense sand dunes shift and swirl in Sahara-like deserts in Utah and New Mexico. Ancient rivers spill from a mountain range in Colorado that was a precursor to the modern Rockies. Such flights of geologic fancy are now tangible through the thought-provoking and beautiful paleogeographic maps, reminiscent of the maps in world atlases we all paged through as children, of Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau.Ron Blakey of Northern Arizona University is one of the world's foremost authorities on the geologic history of the Colorado Plateau. For more than fifteen years, he has meticulously created maps that show how numerous past landscapes gave rise to the region's stunning geologic formations. Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau is the first book to showcase Blakey's remarkable work. His maps are accompanied by text by Wayne Ranney, geologist and award-winning author of Carving Grand Canyon. Ranney takes readers on a fascinating tour of the many landscapes depicted in the maps, and Blakey and Ranney's fruitful collaboration brings the past alive like never before.Features: More than 70 state-of-the-art paleogeographic maps of the region and of the world, developed over many years of geologic research Detailed yet accessible text that covers the geology of the plateau in a way nongeologists can appreciate More than 100 full-color photographs, diagrams, and illustrations A detailed guide of where to go to see the spectacular rocks of the region
Arizona Geology
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
SP035: A Geologic and Natural History Tour Through Nevada and Arizona Along U.S. Highway 93
Author: Joseph V. Tingley
Publisher: NV Bureau of Mines & Geology
ISBN: 1888035137
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Publisher: NV Bureau of Mines & Geology
ISBN: 1888035137
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Bibliography of the Pacific to Arizona Crustal Experiment (PACE)
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earth (Planet)
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earth (Planet)
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Grand Canyon Geology
Author: J. Michael Timmons
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724899
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724899
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Hiking Arizona's Geology
Author: Ivo Lucchitta
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 9780898867305
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
-- All necessary geologic terms are defined -- Written at a level easy for readers to understand Arizona's geology is complex and its landscape varied. Yet, with Hiking Arizona's Geology as a companion, curious hikers with little or no background in g
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 9780898867305
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
-- All necessary geologic terms are defined -- Written at a level easy for readers to understand Arizona's geology is complex and its landscape varied. Yet, with Hiking Arizona's Geology as a companion, curious hikers with little or no background in g
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description