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.
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Added Author |
Buchanan, Rex, 1953-
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Kansas Geological Survey.
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ISBN |
9780700617265 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0700617264 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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