From the Blue Ridge to the Beach

From the Blue Ridge to the Beach

Author: Christopher M. Bailey

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 2017-03-17

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 0813700477

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Seven chapters explore the diverse geology of Virginia, from its Appalachian highlands to the Atlantic shore.


A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals

A Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals

Author: Frederick H. Pough

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 558

ISBN-13: 9780395910962

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Describes hundreds of minerals and lists their geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structure.


The Rio Chama

The Rio Chama

Author: Paul W. Bauer

Publisher:

Published: 2021-12

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781883905323

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In the course of the hundreds of Rio Chama rafting trips that we've logged during the last 30 years, none of us has ever had a bad trip. Such is the magic of the Rio Chama. No matter the weather, the water level, the season, the crowded Big Eddy boat ramp on a blistering Sunday afternoon, or even the coffee forgotten at home, the Rio Chama remains "The People's River." Its stunning beauty, plus its exceptional camping, user-friendly whitewater, and mostly predictable flows, combine to create one of the Southwest's premiere, multi-day, river running experiences.The spectacular, towering canyon walls of the Wild & Scenic section through the remote Chama River Canyon Wilderness is New Mexico's own "Grand Canyon." The geology of the Rio Chama is so exceptional that this river is ideally suited for a river guide with a geological theme. And so, following the release of the Rio Grande geologic river guide in 2011, we turned our (part-time) attention to the Rio Chama. Although most Rio Chama recreation is focused on the El Vado to Big Eddy stretch, thedecision was easily made to include the entire boatable section, from the highlands in Colorado to the confluence with the Rio Grande, as each section of the river displays its own visual spectacles and assortment of adventures. Plus, the geology is magnificent and diverse along the entire length of the river.


The World of Mineral Deposits

The World of Mineral Deposits

Author: Florian Neukirchen

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-02-28

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 3030343464

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This vivid introduction to economic geology not only describes the most important deposit types, but also the processes involved in their formation. Magmatic, hydrothermal and sedimentary processes as well as weathering and alteration are explained in the framework of plate tectonics and the history of the Earth. The chapter about fossil fuels includes unconventional deposits and the much-debated fracking. Other topics covered are exploration, mining and economic aspects like commodity prices.


My Awesome Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals

My Awesome Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals

Author: Gary Lewis

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2019-11-12

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1641528737

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Become a rock hound with this field guide for kids ages 7 to 10 The world of rocks and minerals is massive, amazing, and full of cool new things to uncover! My Awesome Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals teaches you the skills you need to collect, identify, and catalog your own treasures. Explore 150 different rocks and minerals, and get step-by-step guidelines for testing and identifying the ones you encounter out in the field. There's also plenty of notebook space so you can record data about your finds. So get out there, gather cool looking samples, and discover what they are! My Awesome Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals includes: An intro to earth science—Explore the layers of the earth, how rocks and minerals are formed, the periodic table, and more essential information for young scientists. Handy fact sheets—Learn more about all kinds of unique rocks and minerals with fact sheets that are conveniently organized to help with identification. A field notebook—Record all your rock-hunting sample data on pages that include cut-out numbers for cataloging. Identify and catalog rocks and minerals with this fascinating field guide that has everything you need to get started.


Whence the Mountains?

Whence the Mountains?

Author: James W. Sears

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 0813724333

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The 19 original papers on the tectonic evolution of mountain systems were collected to mark the 50th anniversary of Price's description of the Canadian Cordillera. A sampling of topics turns up the driving mechanism and three-dimensional circulation of plate tectonics, the Belt-Purcell Basic as the keystone of the Rocky Mountain fold-and-thrust belt in the US and Canada, Silurian-Devonian orogenic events in the central Appalachians and the crystalline southern Appalachians, and defining the eastern boundary of the North Asian craton from structural and subsidence history studies of the Verkhoyansk fold-and-thrust belt. A fold-out sheet of color maps and diagrams is tucked into a pocket inside the back cover.


Gold

Gold

Author: W. Dan Hausel

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Published: 2011-08-12

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9781463692629

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Few other geologists in history have been as successful at finding gold and other mineral deposits as the authors. The senior author discovered hundreds of gold anomalies and was on the discovery team of one of the largest gold deposits in North America in the Kuskokwim Mountains of Alaska and made the initial discovery of an entire gold district in the Rattlesnake Hills of Wyoming, which is being touted as another Cripple Creek. Although the book focuses on Wyoming; gold is described in other western States in this first volume of two on gold in the West. The authors provide the reader with information on where to find gold, how to find gold and give four decades of combined experience to help the reader understand what to look for and how to read the geology and rock outcrops.