The Geology of Texas
The Geology of Texas

Author: Reid Ferring

Publisher: Thomson Custom Pub

Published: 2006-08-01

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9780759390799

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The Geology of Texas is written to accompany introductory courses including physical and historical geology, as well as physical geography, and was designed to compliment the topics of those courses for students in Texas and surrounding regions. The chapter follows the geologic history of Texas from the Precambrian to recent, with illustrations from virtually all parts of the state. Students will see how plate tectonics as well as surficial processes have created the Texas landscape, and how that geologic record influenced the settlement of Texas and the importance of geology to the inhabitants of the region today. A major theme of the chapter is economic geology, with attention to Texas' important energy resources, especially petroleum and coal, and also the vital groundwater sources that will become increasingly important to the regions' growing population. Environmental issues are also stressed, including the impacts of frequent hurricanes and large floods. The series can be bound into any Thomson Brooks/Cole text to create a more compelling regional edition highlighting relevant material.

The Geology of Johnson County
The Geology of Johnson County

Author: Will McClain Winton

Publisher:

Published: 1912

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13:

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The purpose of this bulletin is to furnish to residents of the county and to other interested a constructive guide to the geology of the county, its influence on general development, and its possibilities for exploitation -- Introduction.

On The Border
On The Border

Author: Char Miller

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre

Published: 2001-11-29

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780822970606

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Over the past 300 years, settlement patterns, geography, and climate have greatly affected the ecology of the south Texas landscape. Drawing on a variety of interests and perspectives, the contributors to On the Border probe these evolving relationships in and around San Antonio, the country's ninth-largest city.Spanish, Mexican, and American settlers required open expanses of land for agriculture and ranching, displacing indigenous inhabitants. The high poverty traditionally felt by many residents, combined with San Antonio's environment, has contributed to the development of the city's unusually complex public health dilemmas. The national drive to preserve historic landmarks and landscapes has been complicated by the blight of homogenous urban sprawl. But no issue has been more contentious than that of water, particularly in a city entirely dependent on a single aquifer in a region of little rain. Managing these environmental concerns is the chief problem facing the city in the new century.