Roadside Geology of Nebraska

Roadside Geology of Nebraska
Author: Harmon D. Maher
Publisher: Mountain Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2003
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Nebraska's geology is as exciting as the Cornhuskers. You'll discover badlands, braided rivers, fossil rhinos entombed in volcanic ash, and the largest dune field in the Western Hemisphere.

Roadside Kansas

Roadside Kansas
Author: Rex C. Buchanan
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2010-03-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0700617000

Two decades after its first publication, Roadside Kansas remains the premier guide to the geology, natural resources, landmarks, and landscapes along nine of the Sunflower State's major highways. During that span, however, many aspects of the Kansas landscape changed: the growth of some towns and near disappearance of others, the expansion of highways, the development of industry. Even the rocks themselves changed in places as erosion took its relentless toll. More broadly, there have been changes in the science of geology. This new edition reflects all of these changes and thoroughly updates the previous edition in ways that reinforce its preeminent status. Covering more than 2,600 miles, Buchanan and McCauley organize their book by highway and milepost markers, so that modern-day explorers can follow the road logs easily, learning about the land as they travel through the state. Featuring more than 100 photographs, drawings, and maps, the book also provides deft descriptions of fascinating contemporary and historical features to be seen all across Kansas. Especially in an economic era that has encouraged all of us to travel closer to home, the new edition is sure to be a hit with families from Kansas and the region who decide to explore and learn more about the state and its distinctive wonders. They'll discover what Buchanan and McCauley have known for a long time: Kansas highways provide much more than passage to Colorado or some other state. They are destinations in their own right. Published for the Kansas Geological Survey

Roadside Geology of Texas

Roadside Geology of Texas
Author: Darwin Spearing
Publisher: Roadside Geology
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1991
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

An introductory chapter briefly reviews Texas' geology followed by a series of road guides with the local particulars. The authors tell you what the rocks are and what they mean. Useful graphics and charts supplement the text and help you to understand

Geology Underfoot in Illinois

Geology Underfoot in Illinois
Author: Ray Wiggers
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1997
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780878423460

Copious illustrations and witty, page-turning prose guide readers on geologic walking or driving tours of 37 sites in Illinois.

Lewis and Clark and the Geology of Nebraska and Parts of Adjacent States

Lewis and Clark and the Geology of Nebraska and Parts of Adjacent States
Author: Robert Francis Diffendal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN:

A School of Natural Resources geologist and his historian wife have written two books on the geology seen by the Lewis and Clark expedition designed to be excellent field guides for those following the duos route during the journeys bicentennial. Lewis and Clark and the Geology of the Great Plains, a 126-page volume with 125 color illustrations, looks at all accessible stops made by the Corps of Discovery from southeastern Nebraska to the continental divide in Montana. Lewis and Clark and the Geology of Nebraska, 32 pages with 21 illustrations, examines more stops along the Nebraska reach of the Missouri River. Both offer photos of the sites and modern scientific explanations alongside journal quotations.

Roadside Geology of South Dakota

Roadside Geology of South Dakota
Author: John Paul Gries
Publisher: Roadside Geology
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1996
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

This book gracefully ties the glaciated eastern half of the state, where artesian wells flow with water that fell as precipitation in the Black Hills, with the arid western half, where sedimentary layers contain fossilized sea creatures. South Dakota fil

Roadside Geology of Missouri

Roadside Geology of Missouri
Author: Charles G. Spencer
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780878425730

Author Charlie Spencer shows you around the state from the flat, glaciated plains in the north to the knobs of rhyolite in the St. Francois Mountains in the south, and from the earthquake-formed sand boils on the Mississippi floodplain in the southeast to the layers of coal, shale, sandstone, and limestone on the Springfield Plateau and Osage Plains in the west.

Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley

Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley
Author: Robert Phillip Sharp
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1997
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780878423620

Eastern California boasts the greatest dryland relief in the contiguous United States, offering a rich variety of environments and spectacular geology. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and diagrams, Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley provides an on-the-ground look at the processes sculpting the terrain in this land of extremes for everyone interested in how the earth works.

Prairie

Prairie
Author: Candace Savage
Publisher: Greystone Books
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2011-10-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 155365899X

Thorough, detailed, and scientifically up-to-date, Prairies: A Natural History provides a comprehensive nontechnical guide to the biology and ecology of the prairies, or the Great Plains grasslands of North America, offering a view of the past, a vision for the future, and a clear focus on the present. With a total area of more than 3.5 million square kilometers (500,000 in Canada and the remainder in the United States), the prairies occupy the heartland of the continent, a vast, windswept plain that flows from Alberta south to Texas and from the Rockies east to the Mississippi River. This is big sky country—the largest ecosystem in North America and, until recently, one of the richest and most magnificent natural grasslands in the world. Today, however, the North American prairies are among the most altered environments on Earth.

Wildlife of Nebraska

Wildlife of Nebraska
Author: Paul A. Johnsgard
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2020-10
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1496222989

In Wildlife of Nebraska: A Natural History, Paul A. Johnsgard surveys the variety and biology of more than six hundred Nebraska species. Narrative accounts describe the ecology and biology of the state’s birds, its mammals, and its reptiles and amphibians, summarizing the abundance, distributions, and habitats of this wildlife. To provide an introduction to the state’s major ecosystems, climate, and topography, Johnsgard examines major public-access natural areas, including national monuments, wildlife refuges and grasslands, state parks and wildlife management areas, and nature preserves. Including more than thirty-five line drawings by the author along with physiographic, ecological, and historical maps, Wildlife of Nebraska is an essential guide to the wildlife of the Cornhusker State.