Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.56 (729 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0878425764 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Brad Allen said When the Interpretive Signs aren't Enough for You!. The interpretive signs in a national park are for everybody. But what if you aren't "everybody"? What if you love science, are really curious, want to know a bit more. What if you are the kind of person who reads every display in the visitors center and are still pretty sure that what they described wouldn't cause Old Faithful? If you are in Yellowstone, Marc Hendri. A really great geology book! This is probably the best "geology for non-geologists" book I've read. I regularly do road trips around the West, and I try to read books about the geology I drive through. Earlier this month, I visited Yellowstone and picked up this book in the Park. This book will definitely guide my next trip to Yellowstone. The best part of this book is that the author ties info. Easily Understood with Good Graphics and Insights This book combines actual locations with geologic facts that add depth to ones understanding of the Yellowstone area. Divided into 20 vignettes, the book guides readers to specific places in the Yellowstone area and then discusses the prominent geologic features of that area. Combined with good directions, maps, diagrams, and pictures the straightforward geologic ex
About the Author Growing up in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Marc Hendrix developed an early love of geology while working as a field assistant for his father, Sherman, a biology professor at Gettysburg College. Marc received a bachelor s degree in geology from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, a master s degree in geology and geophysics from the University of Wisconsin, and a PhD in applied earth sciences from Stanford University. . He joined the faculty at the University of Montana in 1994, where he has developed a field-based research program focused on the geology of the northern Rocky Mountains, including Yellowstone Country
What s more, they re simply good reading, on-site or at home.. These books inform and enlighten, no matter how much or how little geology you already know. With prose tooled for the lay reader and a multitude of colorful photos and illustrations, Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country will help you read the landscape the way a geologist does.The Geology Underfoot series encourages you to get out of your car for an up-close look at rocks and landforms. Although it s also known for for wolves, bison, and stunning scenery, Yellowstone National Park was established as the world s first national park in 1872 largely because of its geological wonders. Besides covering icons such as Old Faithful and Mammoth Hot Springs, Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country visits sites that are less well known but just as mind blowing, including outcrops of rock deposited by superfast incendiary flows of hot ash; the glacially sculpted grandeur of the Beartooth and Absaroka mountains witnessed along the Beartooth Highway; and the deadly Madison landslide that killed twenty-eight people in 1959. In Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country, author and geologist Marc Hendrix takes you to over twenty sites in the park and surroundi
Growing up in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Marc Hendrix developed an early love of geology while working as a field assistant for his father, Sherman, a biology professor at Gettysburg College. . He joined the faculty at the University of Montana in 1994, where he has developed a field-based research program focused on the geol