Author: Donald E. TrimblePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Geological Story of the Great Plains
Author: Donald E. TrimblePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Geological Story of the Great Plains
Author: Theodore Roosevelt Nature & History AssocPublisher:
ISBN: 9780960165285
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Geologic Story of the Great Plains
Author: Donald E. TrimblePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
The geologic story of the Great Plains
Author: Donald E. TrimblePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
Geology of the Great Plains and Mountain West
Author: Cynthia Light BrownPublisher: Nomad Press
ISBN: 1619301342
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Answering intriguing questions such as Why does the largest river system in North America meander across the middle of the continent? and How does such a system relate to the rugged Rocky Mountains?, this fun-filled book delves into the majestic Great Plains region. The chapters concisely clarify the interrelated subjects of terrain, climate, and the great movements of the earth itself while illustrating the important changes that are still occurring in the area’s rivers, lakes, plains, and unpredictable weather. Brimming with fascinating facts, educational sidebars tell how earthquakes in New Madrid, Missouri caused waves to go upstream in the Mississippi River; why and how tornadoes form; and how invasive species are threatening the Great Lakes and what people are doing about it.
The Great Plains
Author: Walter Prescott WebbPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803297029
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
A study of the changes initiated into the systems and culture of the plain dwellers
Great Plains Geology
Author: R F DiffendalPublisher:
ISBN: 9781496200785
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Great Plains Geology
Author: R.F. DiffendalPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496200799
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Great Plains Geology concisely guides readers through the geological development of the Great Plains region. It describes the distinct features of fifty-seven geologic sites, including fascinating places such as Raton Pass in Colorado and New Mexico, the Missouri Breaks of Montana, and the Ashfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska. This guide addresses the tricky question of what constitutes the Great Plains, showing that the region is defined in part through its unique geologic features.
Prairie Fire
Author: Julie CourtwrightPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700635130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Prairie fires have always been a spectacular and dangerous part of the Great Plains. Nineteenth-century settlers sometimes lost their lives to uncontrolled blazes, and today ranchers such as those in the Flint Hills of Kansas manage the grasslands through controlled burning. Even small fires, overlooked by history, changed lives-destroyed someone's property, threatened someone's safety, or simply made someone's breath catch because of their astounding beauty. Julie Courtwright, who was born and raised in the tallgrass prairie of Butler County, Kansas, knows prairie fires well. In this first comprehensive environmental history of her subject, Courtwright vividly recounts how fire-setting it, fighting it, watching it, fearing it-has bound Plains people to each other and to the prairies themselves for centuries. She traces the history of both natural and intentional fires from Native American practices to the current use of controlled burns as an effective land management tool, along the way sharing the personal accounts of people whose lives have been touched by fire. The book ranges from Texas to the Dakotas and from the 1500s to modern times. It tells how Native Americans learned how to replicate the effects of natural lightning fires, thus maintaining the prairie ecosystem. Native peoples fired the prairie to aid in the hunt, and also as a weapon in war. White settlers learned from them that burns renewed the grasslands for grazing; but as more towns developed, settlers began to suppress fires-now viewed as a threat to their property and safety. Fire suppression had as dramatic an environmental impact as fire application. Suppression allowed the growth of water-wasting trees and caused a thick growth of old grass to build up over time, creating a dangerous environment for accidental fires. Courtwright calls on a wide range of sources: diary entries and oral histories from survivors, colorful newspaper accounts, military weather records, and artifacts of popular culture from Gene Autry stories to country song lyrics to Little House on the Prairie. Through this multiplicity of voices, she shows us how prairie fires have always been a significant part of the Great Plains experience-and how each fire that burned across the prairies over hundreds of years is part of someone's life story. By unfolding these personal narratives while looking at the bigger environmental picture, Courtwright blends poetic prose with careful scholarship to fashion a thoughtful paean to prairie fire. It will enlighten environmental and Western historians and renew a sense of wonder in the people of the Plains.
Deep Time and the Texas High Plains
Author: Paul H. CarlsonPublisher: Grover E. Murray Studies in th
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
"Surveys the history and geologic past of the Texas High Plains and upper Brazos River region by focusing on human activity and adaptation and on shifting environmental conditions and animal resources on the Llano Estacado and in Yellow House Draw, the site of the current Lubbock Lake Landmark"--Provided by publisher.