Author: Lloyd C. Pray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages :
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A field guide to the geology of the western escarpment of the Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
Geologic Guide to the Western Escarpment, Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
Geology of the Western Escarpment of the Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
Field Guidebook to Day 1, Western Escarpment of Guadalupe Mountains
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
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
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.
Geology of the Southern Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
Author: Philip B. King
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico -- Texas
Author: West Texas Geological Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
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