Author: O.T. Hayward
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813754046
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America
Author: O.T. Hayward
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813754046
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813754046
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Grayburg Formation and Its Associated Erosion Surface Along the High Western Escarpment of the Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
How the Mountains Grew
Author: John Dvorak
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643135759
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The incredible story of the creation of a continent—our continent— from the acclaimed author of The Last Volcano and Mask of the Sun. The immense scale of geologic time is difficult to comprehend. Our lives—and the entirety of human history—are mere nanoseconds on this timescale. Yet we hugely influenced by the land we live on. From shales and fossil fuels, from lake beds to soil composition, from elevation to fault lines, what could be more relevant that the history of the ground beneath our feet? For most of modern history, geologists could say little more about why mountains grew than the obvious: there were forces acting inside the Earth that caused mountains to rise. But what were those forces? And why did they act in some places of the planet and not at others? When the theory of plate tectonics was proposed, our concept of how the Earth worked experienced a momentous shift. As the Andes continue to rise, the Atlantic Ocean steadily widens, and Honolulu creeps ever closer to Tokyo, this seemingly imperceptible creep of the Earth is revealed in the landscape all around us. But tectonics cannot—and do not—explain everything about the wonders of the North American landscape. What about the Black Hills? Or the walls of chalk that stand amongst the rolling hills of west Kansas? Or the fact that the states of Washington and Oregon are slowly rotating clockwise, and there a diamond mine in Arizona? It all points to the geologic secrets hidden inside the 2-billion-year-old-continental masses. A whopping ten times older than the rocky floors of the ocean, continents hold the clues to the long history of our planet. With a sprightly narrative that vividly brings this science to life, John Dvorak's How the Mountains Grew will fill readers with a newfound appreciation for the wonders of the land we live on.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643135759
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
The incredible story of the creation of a continent—our continent— from the acclaimed author of The Last Volcano and Mask of the Sun. The immense scale of geologic time is difficult to comprehend. Our lives—and the entirety of human history—are mere nanoseconds on this timescale. Yet we hugely influenced by the land we live on. From shales and fossil fuels, from lake beds to soil composition, from elevation to fault lines, what could be more relevant that the history of the ground beneath our feet? For most of modern history, geologists could say little more about why mountains grew than the obvious: there were forces acting inside the Earth that caused mountains to rise. But what were those forces? And why did they act in some places of the planet and not at others? When the theory of plate tectonics was proposed, our concept of how the Earth worked experienced a momentous shift. As the Andes continue to rise, the Atlantic Ocean steadily widens, and Honolulu creeps ever closer to Tokyo, this seemingly imperceptible creep of the Earth is revealed in the landscape all around us. But tectonics cannot—and do not—explain everything about the wonders of the North American landscape. What about the Black Hills? Or the walls of chalk that stand amongst the rolling hills of west Kansas? Or the fact that the states of Washington and Oregon are slowly rotating clockwise, and there a diamond mine in Arizona? It all points to the geologic secrets hidden inside the 2-billion-year-old-continental masses. A whopping ten times older than the rocky floors of the ocean, continents hold the clues to the long history of our planet. With a sprightly narrative that vividly brings this science to life, John Dvorak's How the Mountains Grew will fill readers with a newfound appreciation for the wonders of the land we live on.
Guadalupe Mountains Revisited, Texas and New Mexico
Author: West Texas Geological Society. Field Seminar
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Lower and Middle Guadalupian Facies, Stratigraphy, and Reservoir Geometries San Andres/Grayburg Formations, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Formations (Geology)
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Formations (Geology)
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Anatomy of a Giant Carbonate Reservoir
Author: Stephen C. Ruppel
Publisher: AAPG
ISBN: 0891810692
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Hardcover plus DVD
Publisher: AAPG
ISBN: 0891810692
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Hardcover plus DVD
Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy
Author: Robert G. Loucks
Publisher: AAPG
ISBN: 0891813365
Category : Carbonate rocks
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Hardcover plus Foldouts
Publisher: AAPG
ISBN: 0891813365
Category : Carbonate rocks
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Hardcover plus Foldouts
South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America
Author: Geological Society of America. South-Central Section
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America
ISBN: 9780813754048
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America
ISBN: 9780813754048
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Geology of White Sands
Author: New Mexico Geological Society. Annual Field Conference
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Geoinformatics in Applied Geomorphology
Author: Siddan Anbazhagan
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439830495
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
With recent innovations in the arena of remote sensing and geographic information systems, the use of geoinformatics in applied geomorphology is receiving more attention than ever. Geoinformatics in Applied Geomorphology examines how modern concepts, technologies, and methods in geoinformatics can be used to solve a wide variety of applied geomorph
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439830495
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
With recent innovations in the arena of remote sensing and geographic information systems, the use of geoinformatics in applied geomorphology is receiving more attention than ever. Geoinformatics in Applied Geomorphology examines how modern concepts, technologies, and methods in geoinformatics can be used to solve a wide variety of applied geomorph