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Iowa's Geological Past

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Author : Wayne I. Anderson
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 9781587292675
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Iowa's Geological Past written by Wayne I. Anderson and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iowa's rock record is the product of more than three billion years of geological processes. The state endured multiple episodes of continental glaciation during the Pleistocene Ice Age, and the last glacier retreated from Iowa a mere (geologically speaking) twelve thousand years ago. Prior to that, dozens of seas came and went, leaving behind limestone beds with rich fossil records. Lush coal swamps, salty lagoons, briny basins, enormous alluvial plains, ancient rifts, and rugged Precambrian mountain belts all left their mark. In "Iowa's Geological Past, " Wayne Anderson gives us an up-to-date and well-informed account of the state's vast geological history from the Precambrian through the end of the Great Ice Age. Anderson takes us on a journey backward into time to explore Iowa's rock-and-sediment record. In the distant past, prehistoric Iowa was covered with shallow seas; coniferous forests flourished in areas beyond the continental glaciers; and a wide variety of animals existed, including mastodon, mammoth, musk ox, giant beaver, camel, and giant sloth. The presence of humans can be traced back to the Paleo-Indian interval, 9,500 to 7,500 years ago. Iowa in Paleozoic time experienced numerous coastal plain and shallow marine environments. Early in the Precambrian, Iowa was part of ancient mountain belts in which granite and other rocks were formed well below the earth's surface. The hills and valleys of the Hawkeye State are not everlasting when viewed from the perspective of geologic time. Overall, Iowa's geologic column records an extraordinary transformation over more than three billion years. Wayne Anderson's profusely illustrated volume provides a comprehensive and accessible survey of the state's remarkable geological past.

Landforms of Iowa

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Author : Jean Cutler Prior
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 9781587291951
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (919 download)

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Download or read book Landforms of Iowa written by Jean Cutler Prior and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Geology of Iowa

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Author : Wayne I. Anderson
Publisher : Iowa State Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Geology of Iowa written by Wayne I. Anderson and published by Iowa State Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Iowa's Minerals

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Author : Paul Garvin
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 9781609380144
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Iowa's Minerals written by Paul Garvin and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his carefully written text, geologist Paul Garvin has combined scientific facts about minerals with an appreciation of their history and beauty to produce a book that will appeal to scholars, collectors, and the general public. Garvin begins with a brief treatment of the origins of Iowa's minerals, moving from the oldest - with ages well in excess of a billion years - to those most recently formed. He describes the state's major mineral occurrences, providing detailed information for both specialists and amateurs, including how to obtain access to collecting sites. A history of Iowa's mineral industries complements Garvin's more technical information; this history is supplemented with stories about the Cardiff Giant (who now has his own web page), Ottumwa's Coal Palace, and the meteor falls of the late nineteenth century.

Report of a Geological Exploration of Part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois

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Author : David Dale Owen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Report of a Geological Exploration of Part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois written by David Dale Owen and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Iowa Gems and Minerals in Your Pocket

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Author : Paul Garvin
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609381017
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Iowa Gems and Minerals in Your Pocket written by Paul Garvin and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the spiky teeth of a geode containing sparkling quartz crystals, the rich browns and golds of smoky quartz and goethite needles on calcite, and the coral-like branches of plumose barite to the abstract reds and whites of polished agate cabochons, world-class mineral crystals are harvested from the rocks of the Hawkeye State. Collecting these high-quality crystals requires access to active mines, pits, and quarries, and individual collectors are rarely allowed entrance to these facilities. With information about each specimen’s type, source, size, and current location, Paul Garvin and Anthony Plaut’s Iowa Gems and Minerals in Your Pocket provides access to the glittering, gleaming world of Iowa crystals. Most, if not all, of Iowa’s gems and minerals are products of crystallization in underground cavities that filled with water containing dissolved chemicals. The famed Iowa geodes (Iowa’s state rock) are products of a complex process of replacement and cavity-filling in the Warsaw Shale. Armored by a rind of tough chalcedonic quartz, these spheroidal masses, which range up to more than a meter across, weather out of the host rock and accumulate along streams in the southeastern part of the state. During the Pleistocene Epoch, large masses of glacial ice rafted the ultra-fine-grained variety of quartz called Lake Superior agates, which had previously weathered out of their host rocks, southward into Iowa. They can be found in the gravels that have accumulated along major streams in the eastern half of the state. Iowa’s long record of mining lead, coal, gypsum, and limestone contains a rich history; the forty-seven mineral specimens inIowa Gems and Minerals in Your Pocketmake up a fascinating illustrated guide to that history. Carefully lit and photographed to reveal both maximum detail and maximum beauty, each specimen becomes a work of art.

Report of a Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota;

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Author : David Dale Owen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Report of a Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota; written by David Dale Owen and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Physical Geography and Geology of the Driftless Area

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Author : Eric C. Carson
Publisher : Geological Society of America
ISBN 13 : 0813725437
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book The Physical Geography and Geology of the Driftless Area written by Eric C. Carson and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Over the course of his 43-year career, James C. Knox conducted seminal research on the geomorphology of the Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin. His research covered wide-ranging topics such as long-term land-scape evolution in the Driftless Area; responses of floods to climate change since the last glaciation; processes and timing of floodplain sediment deposition on both small streams and on the Mississippi River; impacts of European settlement on the landscape; and responses of stream systems to land-use changes. This volume presents the state of knowledge of the physical geography and geology of this unglaciated region in the otherwise-glaciated Midwest with contributions written by Knox prior to his passing in 2012 and by a number of his former colleagues and graduate students"--

Iowa Underground

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Author : Greg A. Brick
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781931599399
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Iowa Underground written by Greg A. Brick and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a mysterious and fascinating tour through Iowa's underground treasures. This guide will reveal the state's subterranean attractions including show and wild caves, springs, mining sites and other geological and man-made sites. If you are a sport caver, a scientist, or curious tourist, this guide will give you all you need to know to begin exploring Iowa's underground world. IN THIS BOOK YOU'LL FIND - Detailed directions with helpful tips and precautions. - Descriptions of various lead- and coal-mining museums. - Fun stories and legends, including cave fairies, trolls, and ghost towns. - Additional information about Iowa's coal-mining past. - Facts about underground biological life. "A uniquely written perspective on the underground wonders of Iowa, by a premier Midwest cave historian." --Gary K. Soule, Speleo Historian and Trustee, American Spelean History Association

The Principles and Practice of Land Drainage

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Author : John Hancock Klippart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Principles and Practice of Land Drainage written by John Hancock Klippart and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bibliography of Iowa Geology

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Author : Charles Rollin Keyes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 908 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Bibliography of Iowa Geology written by Charles Rollin Keyes and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Emerald Horizon

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Author : Cornelia F. Mutel
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587297477
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book The Emerald Horizon written by Cornelia F. Mutel and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Emerald Horizon, Cornelia Mutel combines lyrical writing with meticulous scientific research to portray the environmental past, present, and future of Iowa. In doing so, she ties all of Iowa's natural features into one comprehensive whole. Since so much of the tallgrass state has been transformed into an agricultural landscape, Mutel focuses on understanding today’s natural environment by understanding yesterday’s changes. After summarizing the geological, archaeological, and ecological features that shaped Iowa’s modern landscape, she recreates the once-wild native communities that existed prior to Euroamerican settlement. Next she examines the dramatic changes that overtook native plant and animal communities as Iowa’s prairies, woodlands, and wetlands were transformed. Finally she presents realistic techniques for restoring native species and ecological processes as well as a broad variety of ways in which Iowans can reconnect with the natural world. Throughout, in addition to the many illustrations commissioned for this book, she offers careful scientific exposition, a strong sense of respect for the land, and encouragement to protect the future by learning from the past. The “emerald prairie” that “gleamed and shone to the horizon’s edge,” as botanist Thomas Macbride described it in 1895, has vanished. Cornelia Mutel’s passionate dedication to restoring this damaged landscape—and by extension the transformed landscape of the entire Corn Belt—invigorates her blend of natural history and human history. Believing that citizens who are knowledgeable about native species, communities, and ecological processes will better care for them, she gives us hope—and sound suggestions—for the future.

The Wisconsinan Stage

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Author : Robert Foster Black
Publisher : Geological Society of America
ISBN 13 : 0813711363
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book The Wisconsinan Stage written by Robert Foster Black and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1973 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

This Is Chance!

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Author : Jon Mooallem
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0525509925
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book This Is Chance! written by Jon Mooallem and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling, cinematic story of a community shattered by disaster—and the extraordinary woman who helped pull it back together “A powerful, heart-wrenching book, as much art as it is journalism.”—The Wall Street Journal “A beautifully wrought and profoundly joyful story of compassion and perseverance.”—BuzzFeed (Best Books of the Year) In the spring of 1964, Anchorage, Alaska, was a modern-day frontier town yearning to be a metropolis—the largest, proudest city in a state that was still brand-new. But just before sundown on Good Friday, the community was jolted by the most powerful earthquake in American history, a catastrophic 9.2 on the Richter Scale. For four and a half minutes, the ground lurched and rolled. Streets cracked open and swallowed buildings whole. And once the shaking stopped, night fell and Anchorage went dark. The city was in disarray and sealed off from the outside world. Slowly, people switched on their transistor radios and heard a familiar woman’s voice explaining what had just happened and what to do next. Genie Chance was a part-time radio reporter and working mother who would play an unlikely role in the wake of the disaster, helping to put her fractured community back together. Her tireless broadcasts over the next three days would transform her into a legendary figure in Alaska and bring her fame worldwide—but only briefly. That Easter weekend in Anchorage, Genie and a cast of endearingly eccentric characters—from a mountaineering psychologist to the local community theater group staging Our Town—were thrown into a jumbled world they could not recognize. Together, they would make a home in it again. Drawing on thousands of pages of unpublished documents, interviews with survivors, and original broadcast recordings, This Is Chance! is the hopeful, gorgeously told story of a single catastrophic weekend and proof of our collective strength in a turbulent world. There are moments when reality instantly changes—when the life we assume is stable gets upended by pure chance. This Is Chance! is an electrifying and lavishly empathetic portrayal of one community rising above the randomness, a real-life fable of human connection withstanding chaos.

Geology Underfoot in Illinois

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Author : Ray Wiggers
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780878423460
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Geology Underfoot in Illinois written by Ray Wiggers and published by Mountain Press Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Copious illustrations and witty, page-turning prose guide readers on geologic walking or driving tours of 37 sites in Illinois.

The Geology of the Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-lead District

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Author : Allen Van Heyl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Geology of the Upper Mississippi Valley Zinc-lead District written by Allen Van Heyl and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Physical Features and Geologic History of Des Moines Valley ...

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Author : James Henry Lees
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Physical Features and Geologic History of Des Moines Valley ... written by James Henry Lees and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: