Author: Donald W. Hyndman
Publisher: Mountain Press
ISBN: 9780878426966
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Now, nearly 50 years after the first book, Mountain Press is releasing this completely revised full-color second edition that, like so many things in Montana, is big. But consider this: no other place in the world has such amazingly diverse and well-exposed rocks with such dramatic stories.
Roadside Geology of Montana
Author: Donald W. Hyndman
Publisher: Mountain Press
ISBN: 9780878426966
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Now, nearly 50 years after the first book, Mountain Press is releasing this completely revised full-color second edition that, like so many things in Montana, is big. But consider this: no other place in the world has such amazingly diverse and well-exposed rocks with such dramatic stories.
Publisher: Mountain Press
ISBN: 9780878426966
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Now, nearly 50 years after the first book, Mountain Press is releasing this completely revised full-color second edition that, like so many things in Montana, is big. But consider this: no other place in the world has such amazingly diverse and well-exposed rocks with such dramatic stories.
Guide to the Geology of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Author: Carol Wegemann
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781019359075
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover the geological wonders of Rocky Mountain National Park with this comprehensive guide by Carol Wegemann. Detailed explanations accompanied by vivid illustrations make for an informative and visually stunning read. Perfect for amateur geologists or anyone interested in the natural beauty of Colorado. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781019359075
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover the geological wonders of Rocky Mountain National Park with this comprehensive guide by Carol Wegemann. Detailed explanations accompanied by vivid illustrations make for an informative and visually stunning read. Perfect for amateur geologists or anyone interested in the natural beauty of Colorado. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Rough-Hewn Land
Author: Keith Heyer Meldahl
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520275772
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"Rough-Hewn Land tells the geologic story of the American West--the story of its rocks, rivers, mountains, earthquakes, and mineral wealth, including gold. It tells it by taking you on a 1000-mile-long field trip across the rough side of the continent from the California coast to the Rocky Mountains. This book puts you on the outcrop, geologic hammer in hand, to explore the evidence for how the spectacular, rough-hewn lands of the West came to be. When North America broke free from Eurasia and Africa some 200 million years ago, it triggered a cascade of violent geologic events that shaped the West we see today. As the west-moving continent crunched across the seabed of the ancient Pacific, islands and assorted pieces of ocean floor collected against its prow to build California--and plant gold there too. Meanwhile, mountains squeezed upward from California to Colorado, and vast quantities of molten rock seeded the crust with precious metals while spewing volcanic fire across the land. Later, the land stretched like an accordion to form the washboard-like Basin and Range province and Great Basin within it, while California began to crackle along the San Andreas fault. Throughout the West today, a near-constant drumroll of earthquakes testifies to a world still reshaping itself in response to the ceaseless movements of the Earth's tectonic plates. Rough-Hewn Land weaves these stories into the human history of the West. As we follow the adventures of John C. Frémont, Mark Twain, the Donner party, and other historic characters, we see how geologic forces have shaped human experience, just as they direct the fate of the West today"--
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520275772
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"Rough-Hewn Land tells the geologic story of the American West--the story of its rocks, rivers, mountains, earthquakes, and mineral wealth, including gold. It tells it by taking you on a 1000-mile-long field trip across the rough side of the continent from the California coast to the Rocky Mountains. This book puts you on the outcrop, geologic hammer in hand, to explore the evidence for how the spectacular, rough-hewn lands of the West came to be. When North America broke free from Eurasia and Africa some 200 million years ago, it triggered a cascade of violent geologic events that shaped the West we see today. As the west-moving continent crunched across the seabed of the ancient Pacific, islands and assorted pieces of ocean floor collected against its prow to build California--and plant gold there too. Meanwhile, mountains squeezed upward from California to Colorado, and vast quantities of molten rock seeded the crust with precious metals while spewing volcanic fire across the land. Later, the land stretched like an accordion to form the washboard-like Basin and Range province and Great Basin within it, while California began to crackle along the San Andreas fault. Throughout the West today, a near-constant drumroll of earthquakes testifies to a world still reshaping itself in response to the ceaseless movements of the Earth's tectonic plates. Rough-Hewn Land weaves these stories into the human history of the West. As we follow the adventures of John C. Frémont, Mark Twain, the Donner party, and other historic characters, we see how geologic forces have shaped human experience, just as they direct the fate of the West today"--
Contributions to Geology
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Mountains, Glaciers, and Mines
Author: Karl S. Kellogg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blue River (Colo. : River)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Blue River (Colo. : River)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Handbook of the Canadian Rockies
Author: Ben Gadd
Publisher: Jasper, Alta. : Corax Press
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Publisher: Jasper, Alta. : Corax Press
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Precambrian Geology of the Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana
Author: John Brady
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 9780813723778
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 9780813723778
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Through the Generations
Author: Lisa A. Morgan
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813700183
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The tradition of Rocky Mountain geology remains strong at all scales, spatially and temporally. Spatially, this volume discusses theories of continental mountain building events in tandem with microscopic observations and parts per billion trace element concentrations. Temporally, the volume covers geologic history from the Precambrian to modern issues of climate change and energy, groundwater contamination, geologic hazards, and landscape evolution.
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813700183
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The tradition of Rocky Mountain geology remains strong at all scales, spatially and temporally. Spatially, this volume discusses theories of continental mountain building events in tandem with microscopic observations and parts per billion trace element concentrations. Temporally, the volume covers geologic history from the Precambrian to modern issues of climate change and energy, groundwater contamination, geologic hazards, and landscape evolution.
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
The Precambrian
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description