This is not a guide to identifying rocks, but a guide to land formation. It shows how to recognize the key field marks and how to use them to read geological history: plate movements, earthquakes, glaciers, rivers, seas and other forces that have shaped a particular patch of earth over millions of years - and are still shaping it. Each geographical region of eastern North America is described vividly and illustrated with detailed maps and cross sections, as well as color photographs that show the characteristic field marks of the different formations in the region. Highway tours tell where to go to find the best examples of the various formations and to get a clear sense of the history of the land.
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David D. Roberts received his Ph.D. in modern European history at the University of California-Berkeley and in 1988 became professor of history at the University of Georgia. He is a recipient of the Woodrow Wilson and Rockefeller Foundation fellowships. In addition to numerous articles and reviews, he has published such books as The Syndicalist Tradition andItalian Fascism, Benedetto Croce and the Uses of Historicism, and Nothing but History: Reconstruction and Extremity after Metaphysics.
W. Grant Hodson is an industrial designer and artist who lives in Framingham, Massachusetts.
W. Grant Hodson is an industrial designer and artist who lives in Framingham, Massachusetts.
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This review is from: A Field Guide to Geology: Eastern North America (The Peterson Field Guide Series) (Paperback)
This book is a good introduction to the overall principals of geology as well as to the specific geology of the eastern US. There's lots of diagrams, maps, photos and an easy to read text. Sections include background information about geology, the major geological features of an area and what you would see along the major highways of that area.
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This is written as a field guide. but is uncomfortable to use. It is hard to turn the pages and to keep the book open. I was disappointed\ I was not looking for a field guide! I like John McPhee's books on the the geology of the US. Mc Phee travels across the USA with the experts. His books are informative and fun to read. . .
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This book will help you to read the testimony of the rocks, to understand their origins and histories. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
greenstone islands, terrestrial sandstone, nian rocks, gneiss belt, metasedimentary belt, last ice cap, metamorphosed volcanic rocks, overthrust block, major moraines, shale extend, geologic time chart, cave zone, bedrock changes, erosion remnants, glacial boundary, molten minerals, pillow structures, continental core, highway traverses, shale outcrop, glacial effects, outcrop area, rock series, highway sections, metamorphosed sedimentary rocks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coastal Plain, New York, Appalachian Province, Acadian Orogeny, Blue Ridge, Acadian Zone, New England, Alleghenian Orogeny, Taconic Orogeny, North America, West Virginia, Cincinnati Arch, Avalonian Zone, Great Plains, New Hampshire, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Great Valley, Grenville Province, Taconian Zone, North Carolina, Paleozoic Era, Michigan Basin, New Jersey, Southern Province New!
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This book will help you to read the testimony of the rocks, to understand their origins and histories. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
greenstone islands, terrestrial sandstone, nian rocks, gneiss belt, metasedimentary belt, last ice cap, metamorphosed volcanic rocks, overthrust block, major moraines, shale extend, geologic time chart, cave zone, bedrock changes, erosion remnants, glacial boundary, molten minerals, pillow structures, continental core, highway traverses, shale outcrop, glacial effects, outcrop area, rock series, highway sections, metamorphosed sedimentary rocks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coastal Plain, New York, Appalachian Province, Acadian Orogeny, Blue Ridge, Acadian Zone, New England, Alleghenian Orogeny, Taconic Orogeny, North America, West Virginia, Cincinnati Arch, Avalonian Zone, Great Plains, New Hampshire, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Great Valley, Grenville Province, Taconian Zone, North Carolina, Paleozoic Era, Michigan Basin, New Jersey, Southern Province New!
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- Ice Age by Robert Anderson on page 132, and page 190
- Roadside Geology of Vermont and New Hampshire (Roadside Geology Series) by Bradford B. Van Diver in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Great Lakes by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Connecticut River by William Stekl on page 256, and page 395
- New York State by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter
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- Caves, Cliffs & Canyons (Discovery Travel Adventures) by Robert Burnham in Back Matter
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