Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Minerals, Lands, and Geology for the Common Defense and General Welfare
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Minerals, Lands, and Geology for the Common Defence and General Welfare
Author: Mary C. Rabbitt
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Category : Mineral lands
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mineral lands
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Minerals, Lands, and Geology for the Common Defence and General Welfare: 1904-1939
Author: Mary C. Rabbitt
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Category : Mineral lands
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mineral lands
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Minerals, Lands and Geology for the Common Defence and General Welfare: 1879-1904
Author: Mary C. Rabbitt
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Minerals, Lands, and Geology for the Common Defence and General Welfare
Author: Mary C. Rabbitt
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Category : Mineral lands
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mineral lands
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
List of U.S. Geological Survey Geologic and Water-supply Reports and Maps for California
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Publisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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List of U.S. Geological Survey Geologic and Water-supply Reports and Maps for California
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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List of U.S. Geological Survey Geologic and Water-supply Reports and Maps for Alaska
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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The Great Paleolithic War
Author: David J. Meltzer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022629336X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
Following the discovery in Europe in the late 1850s that humanity had roots predating known history and reaching deep into the Pleistocene era, scientists wondered whether North American prehistory might be just as ancient. And why not? The geological strata seemed exactly analogous between America and Europe, which would lead one to believe that North American humanity ought to be as old as the European variety. This idea set off an eager race for evidence of the people who might have occupied North America during the Ice Age—a long, and, as it turned out, bitter and controversial search. In The Great Paleolithic War, David J. Meltzer tells the story of a scientific quest that set off one of the longest-running feuds in the history of American anthropology, one so vicious at times that anthropologists were deliberately frightened away from investigating potential sites. Through his book, we come to understand how and why this controversy developed and stubbornly persisted for as long as it did; and how, in the process, it revolutionized American archaeology.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022629336X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
Following the discovery in Europe in the late 1850s that humanity had roots predating known history and reaching deep into the Pleistocene era, scientists wondered whether North American prehistory might be just as ancient. And why not? The geological strata seemed exactly analogous between America and Europe, which would lead one to believe that North American humanity ought to be as old as the European variety. This idea set off an eager race for evidence of the people who might have occupied North America during the Ice Age—a long, and, as it turned out, bitter and controversial search. In The Great Paleolithic War, David J. Meltzer tells the story of a scientific quest that set off one of the longest-running feuds in the history of American anthropology, one so vicious at times that anthropologists were deliberately frightened away from investigating potential sites. Through his book, we come to understand how and why this controversy developed and stubbornly persisted for as long as it did; and how, in the process, it revolutionized American archaeology.
In the Path of Destruction
Author: Richard Waitt
Publisher: Washington State University Press
ISBN: 0874223865
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
A napping volcano blinked awake in March 1980. Two months later, when that mountain roared, Jim Scymanky was about twelve miles northwest, logging a north slope above Hoffstadt Creek. “Rocks zinged through the woods, bouncing off trees, then the tops of trees snapped off... Suddenly I could see nothing...it got hot right away, then scorching hot and impossible to breathe. The air had no oxygen, like being trapped underwater...I was being cremated, the pain unbearable.” Steve Malone, at the University of Washington Seismology Laboratory, was inconsolable. “We’d failed. For two months we’d counted and located thousands of earthquakes, looked for changes to anticipate an eruption. Then it just happened. It killed many people. It killed David Johnston. We could hardly work.” Author Richard Waitt was part of a U.S. Geological Survey team doing volcano research in the Cascades, and was one of the first to arrive following the mountain’s early rumblings. His journey collecting eyewitness accounts began with a conversation in a bar the third week after Mount St. Helens erupted. The couple he met barely outraced a searing ash cloud, and Waitt realized their experiences could inform geologic studies. He eventually conducted hundreds of interviews--sometimes two and three decades later--often making multiple visits to gather additional details, correct errors, and resolve discrepancies. A meticulous scientist with intimate knowledge of Mount St. Helens, Waitt delivers a detailed and accurate chronicle of events. He tapped numerous primary sources--interviews, legal depositions, personal diaries, geologists’ field notes, radio logs, and police records. Newspaper stories and even sun shadows on photographs revealed additional intricacies. In the Path of Destruction’s eruption story unfolds through unforgettable, riveting narratives--the heart of a masterful chronology that also delivers engrossing science, history, and journalism.
Publisher: Washington State University Press
ISBN: 0874223865
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
A napping volcano blinked awake in March 1980. Two months later, when that mountain roared, Jim Scymanky was about twelve miles northwest, logging a north slope above Hoffstadt Creek. “Rocks zinged through the woods, bouncing off trees, then the tops of trees snapped off... Suddenly I could see nothing...it got hot right away, then scorching hot and impossible to breathe. The air had no oxygen, like being trapped underwater...I was being cremated, the pain unbearable.” Steve Malone, at the University of Washington Seismology Laboratory, was inconsolable. “We’d failed. For two months we’d counted and located thousands of earthquakes, looked for changes to anticipate an eruption. Then it just happened. It killed many people. It killed David Johnston. We could hardly work.” Author Richard Waitt was part of a U.S. Geological Survey team doing volcano research in the Cascades, and was one of the first to arrive following the mountain’s early rumblings. His journey collecting eyewitness accounts began with a conversation in a bar the third week after Mount St. Helens erupted. The couple he met barely outraced a searing ash cloud, and Waitt realized their experiences could inform geologic studies. He eventually conducted hundreds of interviews--sometimes two and three decades later--often making multiple visits to gather additional details, correct errors, and resolve discrepancies. A meticulous scientist with intimate knowledge of Mount St. Helens, Waitt delivers a detailed and accurate chronicle of events. He tapped numerous primary sources--interviews, legal depositions, personal diaries, geologists’ field notes, radio logs, and police records. Newspaper stories and even sun shadows on photographs revealed additional intricacies. In the Path of Destruction’s eruption story unfolds through unforgettable, riveting narratives--the heart of a masterful chronology that also delivers engrossing science, history, and journalism.