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Geologic Literature on North America, 1785-1918, by John M. Nickles. Part I. Bibliography. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 746.].
![Geologic Literature on North America, 1785-1918, by John M. Nickles. Part I. Bibliography. [U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 746.]. PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/uFHrwQEACAAJ?fife=w80-h100)
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1169
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Geologic Literature on North America
Author: Geologic Literature on North America - 1785-1918 - Pt.1 - Bibliography
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1167
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Geologic Literature on North America, 1785-1918
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages :
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How the Mountains Grew
Author: John DvorakPublisher: 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.
A Field Guide to Geology
Author: David C. RobertsPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618164387
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
With more than 130 color photographs and 170 drawings, this book shows how to read geological history: plate movements, earthquakes, glaciers, rivers, seas, and other forces that have shaped the earth over millions of years. Each geological region of eastern North America is described vividly and illustrated with detailed maps and cross sections. Highway tours tell where to go to find the best examples of each kind of formation.
Ancient Landscapes of Western North America
Author: Ronald C. BlakeyPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319596365
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Allow yourself to be taken back into deep geologic time when strange creatures roamed the Earth and Western North America looked completely unlike the modern landscape. Volcanic islands stretched from Mexico to Alaska, most of the Pacific Rim didn’t exist yet, at least not as widespread dry land; terranes drifted from across the Pacific to dock on Western Americas’ shores creating mountains and more volcanic activity. Landscapes were transposed north or south by thousands of kilometers along huge fault systems. Follow these events through paleogeographic maps that look like satellite views of ancient Earth. Accompanying text takes the reader into the science behind these maps and the geologic history that they portray. The maps and text unfold the complex geologic history of the region as never seen before. Winner of the 2021 John D. Haun Landmark Publication Award, AAPG-Rocky Mountain Section
Geologic Literature on North America, 1785-1918
Author: John Milton NicklesPublisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
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Geologic Literature on North America 1785-1918, Part Ii. Index
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Geologic Literature on North America - 1785-1918 - Pt.2 - Index
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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