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Title Kansas geology : an introduction to landscapes, rocks, minerals, and fossils / edited by Rex Buchanan.

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Lawrence, Kan. : Published for the Kansas Geological Survey by the University Press of Kansas, c2010.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	557.81 K133 2010	---	Available
Pittsburg 2nd Fl Kansas Collection	K 557.81 Kan	---	Available

Edition	2nd ed., rev. and updated.
Description	xi, 227 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-208) and index.
Contents	Landscapes: a geologic diary / Frank Wilson -- Rocks / Laura Tolsted and Ada Swineford -- Minerals and sedimentary structures / Laura Tolsted and Ada Swineford -- Fossils / Debra K. Bennett -- Geologic log of U.S. Interstate 70 / Rex Buchanan and James McCauley.
Summary	What are the state's outstanding landforms, and where are they found? How were Kansas rocks and minerals formed? Why is Kansas world famous among fossil collectors? How does one "read the rocks" to find evidence of ancient oceans, earthquakes, and even volcanoes in Kansas? Learn all that and much more in this new edition of a classic work designed for both general readers and geologists.
Subject	Geology -- Kansas.
Added Author	Buchanan, Rex, 1953-
	Kansas Geological Survey.
ISBN	9780700617265 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0700617264 (pbk. : alk. paper)