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Roadside Geology of Connecticut and Rhode Island

Author : James William Skehan
Publisher : Roadside Geology
ISBN 13 : 9780878425471
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (254 download)

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Book Synopsis Roadside Geology of Connecticut and Rhode Island by : James William Skehan

Download or read book Roadside Geology of Connecticut and Rhode Island written by James William Skehan and published by Roadside Geology. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The small chunk of North America enclosed within the state boundaries of Connecticut and Rhode Island includes parts of at least six former continents, microcontinents, and volcanic island chains, each with its own geologic history. Roadside Geology of Connecticut and Rhode Island introduces readers to the sequence of mountain-building collisions that welded the pieces of land together and to the subsequent upwelling of magma that nearly broke them apart again. Twenty road guides, complete with maps, photographs, and diagrams, locate and interpret the rocks and landforms visible from the state's highways and at nearby parks and historic sites. Readers will discover stretched pebbles at Purgatory Chasm, folded marble at Kent Falls State Park, Eubrontes footprints at Dinosaur State Park, and glacial moraines protruding from the waters of Long Island and Block Island Sounds.

Roadside Geology of Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C.

Author : John Means
Publisher : Roadside Geology
ISBN 13 : 9780878425709
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (257 download)

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Book Synopsis Roadside Geology of Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C. by : John Means

Download or read book Roadside Geology of Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C. written by John Means and published by Roadside Geology. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the sandstone ridges and shale valleys of western Maryland to the sand dunes and tidal estuaries on Delaware's coast, the geologic features of the Mid-Atlantic region include a diverse array of rocks and landforms assembled during more than 1 billion years of geologic history. The book's introduction presents an overview of the geologic history of Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., and 35 road guides discuss the landforms and rocks visible from a car window, along bike paths, and at nearby waysides and parks, including Chesapeake Ohio Canal National Historic Park, Assateague Island National Seashore, Rock Creek Park, and Cape Henlopen State Park.

Roadside Geology of Massachusetts

Author : James William Skehan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Roadside Geology of Massachusetts by : James William Skehan

Download or read book Roadside Geology of Massachusetts written by James William Skehan and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informative travel companions about roadside terrain and geology with photos, diagrams, and glossary.

Roadside Geology of Missouri

Author : Charles G. Spencer
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780878425730
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (257 download)

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Book Synopsis Roadside Geology of Missouri by : Charles G. Spencer

Download or read book Roadside Geology of Missouri written by Charles G. Spencer and published by Mountain Press Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Roadside Geology of New Jersey

Author : David Paul Harper
Publisher : Roadside Geology
ISBN 13 : 9780878426003
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (26 download)

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Book Synopsis Roadside Geology of New Jersey by : David Paul Harper

Download or read book Roadside Geology of New Jersey written by David Paul Harper and published by Roadside Geology. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the glacially scoured quartzite ridge that hosts the Appalachian Trail to the spectacular columnar basalt of Orange Mountain, New Jersey packs a boatload of geology into a small area. Its nineteenth-century marl pits were the birthplace of American vertebrate paleontology, bog iron deposits in the Pinelands were used to produce cannonballs for the Revolutionary War, world-famous fluorescent minerals are found with zinc deposits in the Franklin Marble, and the coastal plain sediments contain convincing evidence of the meteorite impact that killed the dinosaurs. This absorbing book opens with an overview of the state�s geologic history and proceeds with 13 road guides that unearth the stories behind the state�s rocks, sediments, and barrier islands. More than just a guide, Roadside Geology of New Jersey is chock-full of insightful discussions on such timely topics as sea level rise, climate change, and uranium mining. Get the scoop on why so much sand moves during superstorms such as hurricane Sandy, and learn about more than a century of efforts to stabilize the beaches along the Jersey Shore.

New England's Roadside Ecology

Author : Tom Wessels
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1643260944
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book New England's Roadside Ecology written by Tom Wessels and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step Out of Your Car and Right into Nature! New England’s Roadside Ecology guides you through 30 spectacular natural sites, all within an easy walk from the road. The sites include the forests, wetlands, alpines, dunes, and geologic ecosystems that make up New England. Author Tom Wessels is the perfect guide. Each entry starts with the brief description of the hike's level of difficulty—all are gentle to moderate and cover no more than two miles. Entries also include turn-by-turn directions and clear descriptions of the flora, fauna, and fungi you are likely to encounter along the way. New England’s Roadside Ecology is a must-have guide for outdoor enthusiasts, hikers, and tourists in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Roadside Geology of Georgia

Author : Pamela J. W. Gore
Publisher : Roadside Geology
ISBN 13 : 9780878426027
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (26 download)

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Book Synopsis Roadside Geology of Georgia by : Pamela J. W. Gore

Download or read book Roadside Geology of Georgia written by Pamela J. W. Gore and published by Roadside Geology. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ride along with geologists Pamela Gore and Bill Witherspoon on this extraordinary tour of the Peach State�s varied terrain. In 35 detailed and densely illustrated road guides, the Roadside Geology of Georgia examines Georgia�s fascinating geology and reveals the stories that lie beneath the surface. You�ll be amazed at Georgia�s geological diversity, from its shifting barrier islands along the coast to the sandstone ridges in its northwest corner. At the Cumberland Island National Seashore you�ll find the ruins of Dungeness, the once-magnificent Carnegie estate built of local mineral resources, and encounter wild horses grazing among windswept dunes. In Atlanta, the white whaleback of granite called Stone Mountain will impress you with its protruding �cat�s paw� minerals and stony layers that are sloughing off like the layers of an onion. In the Blue Ridge Mountains you can witness Amicalola Falls, one of the highest cascading waterfalls east of the Mississippi River, and Tallulah Gorge, one the deepest gorges in the eastern United States. And in the iconic Okefenokee Swamp of south Georgia, you�ll wade through the gator-filled blackwater of one of the largest wetlands in North America. With its engaging prose and 250-plus color photos, maps, and figures, Roadside Geology of Georgia takes you beyond the rocks to unearth the billion-year history of the Empire State of the South.

Rockhounding New England

Author : Peter Cristofono
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149304205X
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Rockhounding New England written by Peter Cristofono and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New England is one of the best regions in the country for rockhounds to hunt for minerals, gems, and fossils. The complex geology of the region hosts a stunning variety of material from gold-bearing placers to fossiliferous limestone; from gem-bearing pegmatites to rocks containing some of the rarest minerals on Earth. This book provides detailed directions and GPS coordinates to the best sites with valuable tips on what to tools to bring and how to conduct your search. Comprehensive lists of minerals or fossils for each site and excellent color photos will help you know what to look for and to identify what you’ve found. Information on clubs, rock shops, museums, and special attractions are provided. Written by a collector with over 35 years of experience, Rockhounding New England is the firstcomprehensive rock and mineral collecting guide to New England and a must-have for anyone interested in collecting their own minerals, gems, and fossils in the region.

Dinosaurs, Dunes, and Drifting Continents

Author : Richard D. Little
Publisher : Earth View (MA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dinosaurs, Dunes, and Drifting Continents written by Richard D. Little and published by Earth View (MA). This book was released on 1986 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Diseases in the District of Maine 1772 - 1820

Author : Richard J. Kahn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190053267
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Diseases in the District of Maine 1772 - 1820 by : Richard J. Kahn

Download or read book Diseases in the District of Maine 1772 - 1820 written by Richard J. Kahn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeremiah Barker practiced medicine in rural Maine up until his retirement in 1818. Throughout his practice of fifty years, he documented his constant efforts to keep up with and contribute to the medical literature in a changing medical landscape, as practice and authority shifted from historical to scientific methods. He performed experiments and autopsies, became interested in the new chemistry of Lavoisier, risked scorn in his use of alkaline remedies, studied epidemic fever and approaches to bloodletting, and struggled to understand epidemic fever, childbed fever, cancer, public health, consumption, mental illness, and the "dangers of spirituous liquors." Dr. Barker intended to publish his Diseases in the District of Maine 1772-1820 by subscription - advance pledges to purchase the published volume - but for reasons that remain uncertain, that never happened. For the first time, Barker's never before published work has been transcribed and presented in its entirety with extensive annotations, a five-chapter introduction to contextualize the work, and a glossary to make it accessible to 21st century general readers, genealogists, students, and historians. This engaging and insightful new publication allows modern readers to reimagine medicine as practiced by a rural physician in New England. We know much about how elite physicians practiced 200 years ago, but very little about the daily practice of an ordinary rural doctor, attending the ordinary rural patient. Barker's manuscript is written in a clear and engaging style, easily enjoyed by general readers as well as historians, with extensive footnotes and a glossary of terms. Barker himself intended his book to be "understood by those destitute of medical science."

Great Day Trips to Discover the Geology of Connecticut

Author : Greg McHone
Publisher : Perry Heights Press
ISBN 13 : 9780963018144
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book Great Day Trips to Discover the Geology of Connecticut written by Greg McHone and published by Perry Heights Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Whaling in Maine

Author : Charles H. Lagerbom
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439670552
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Whaling in Maine written by Charles H. Lagerbom and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of American whaling is most frequently associated with Nantucket, New Bedford and Mystic. However, the state of Maine also played an integral part in the development and success of this important industry. The sons of Maine became whaling captains, whaling crews, inventors, investors and businessmen. Towns along the coast created community-wide whaling and sealing ventures, outfitted their own ships and crewed them with their own people. The state also supplied the growing industry with Maine-built ships, whale boats, oars and other maritime supplies. For more than two hundred years, the state forged a strong and lasting connection with the American whaling industry. Author and historian Charles Lagerbom reveals why Maine should rightly take its place alongside its more well-known New England whaling neighbors.

Roadside Geology of Southern California

Author : Arthur G. Sylvester
Publisher : Roadside Geology
ISBN 13 : 9780878426539
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Roadside Geology of Southern California written by Arthur G. Sylvester and published by Roadside Geology. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Mountain Press started the Roadside Geology series forty years ago, southern Californians have been waiting for an RG of their own. During those four decades�which were punctuated by jarring earthquakes and landslides�geologists continued to unravel the complexity of the Golden State, where some of the most dramatic and diverse geology in the world erupts, crashes, and collides. With dazzling color maps, diagrams, and photographs, Roadside Geology of Southern California takes advantage of this newfound knowledge, combining the latest science with accessible stories about the rocks and landscapes visible from winding two-lane byways as well as from the region�s vast network of highways. Join Arthur Sylvester, an award-winning UC Santa Barbara geologist, and Elizabeth O�Black Gans, a geologist-illustrator, as they motor through mountains and deserts to explore the iconic features of the SoCal landscape, from boulder piles in Joshua Tree National Park and brilliant white dunes in the Channel Islands to tar seeps along the rugged coast and youthful cinder cones in the Mojave Desert. Whether you want to find precious gemstones, ponder the mysteries of the Salton Sea, or straddle the boundary between the North American and Pacific Plates, be sure to bring this book along as your tour guide.

A Field Guide to the Connecticut River

Author : Patrick J. Lynch
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300264208
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to the Connecticut River written by Patrick J. Lynch and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive natural history guide to the Connecticut River and its environs, with more than 750 illustrations The Connecticut River, New England's longest and most historic river, originates in northern New Hampshire and wends more than four hundred miles to Long Island Sound. It forms the border between Vermont and New Hampshire and widens significantly as it makes its way through Massachusetts and Connecticut. The Connecticut River Valley is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the eastern United States, and more than two million people live in the watershed. Renowned naturalist Patrick J. Lynch offers readers an expansive guide to this majestic region with more than 750 original maps, photographs, and illustrations. Organized around environments rather than particular locations, the book includes geological overviews and descriptions of common plants and animals. Lynch also explains the landscape's environmental history as well as the effects of centuries of human interventions and the growing fallout from climate change. This indispensable guide not only brings the Connecticut River's ecology and pivotal role in American history to life but instills a deeper appreciation for the river's diverse and abundant beauty.

Roadside Geology of Mississippi

Author : Stan Galicki
Publisher : Mountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9780878426713
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Roadside Geology of Mississippi written by Stan Galicki and published by Mountain Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It�s a little-known fact, but Mississippi has a volcano. True, it�s buried under 2,600 feet of sediment, but it was red hot and active roughly 79 to 69 million years ago, and evidence of its bulging remains are visible in the Jackson area. Mississippi emerged along the edge of a massive tear that formed as tectonics tried to rip the continent asunder. The full rift was never realized, but like a crack in a foundation, everything built on top of it has been affected. The failed rift became a linear basin, stretching from Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico, and for millions upon millions of years the sea rose and fell in this embayment, leaving behind tens of thousands of feet of sediment. The Mighty Mississippi River, one of state�s youngest and most dynamic features, follows the rift�s contours today. In Roadside Geology of Mississippi geoscientists Stan Galicki and Darrel Schmitz unearth the state�s deeply buried stories in 63 road logs that traverse the entire state, from the Gulf Coast to the state�s highest point (807 feet!) in the northeast corner. A healthy dose of full-color illustrations and photos complements the authors� illuminating geologic tales. With Roadside Geology of Mississippi in hand, you�ll understand the underpinnings of the Magnolia State as never before.

The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont, 1777-1810

Author : Harvey Amani Whitfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780934720625
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Problem of Slavery in Early Vermont, 1777-1810 written by Harvey Amani Whitfield and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hidden in Plain Sight

Author : David K. Leff
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819572829
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Hidden in Plain Sight written by David K. Leff and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art of discovering cultural and natural treasures in everyday landscapes In the course of the mundane routines of life, we encounter a variety of landscapes and objects, either ignoring them or looking without interest at what appears to be just a tree, stone, anonymous building, or dirt road. But the "deep traveler," according to Hartford Courant essayist David K. Leff, doesn't make this mistake. Instead, the commonplace elements become the most important. By learning to see the magic in the mundane, we not only enrich daily life with a sense of place, we are more likely to protect and make those places better. Over his many years working at the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and writing about the state's landscape, Leff gained unparalleled intimacy while traveling its byways and back roads. In Hidden in Plain Sight, Leff's essays and photographs take us on a point-by-point journey, revealing the rich stories behind many of Connecticut's overlooked landmarks, from the Merritt Parkway and Cornwall's Cathedral Pines to roadside rock art and centuries-old milestones.