Kansas Geology

Kansas Geology

Author: Rex Buchanan

Publisher: University Press of Kansas

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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A profusely illustrated nontechnical survey of the state's geological landforms and features.


Geology of Millard County, Utah

Geology of Millard County, Utah

Author: Lehi F. Hintze

Publisher: Utah Geological Survey

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1557916926

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This bulletin serves not only to introduce the non-geologist to the rich geology of Millard County, but also to provide professional geologists with technical information on the stratigraphy, paleontology, and structural geology of the county. Millard County is unique among Utah’s counties in that it contains an exceptionally complete billion-year geologic record. This happened because until about 200 million years ago the area of present-day Millard County lay near sea level and was awash in shallow marine waters on a continental shelf upon which a stack of fossil-bearing strata more than 6 miles (10 km) thick slowly accumulated. This bulletin summarizes what is known about these strata, as well as younger rocks and surficial deposits in the county, and provides references to scientific papers that describe them in greater detail. Mountains North 30 x 60 (1:100,000-scale) quadrangles. These companion maps and this bulletin portray the geology of Millard County more completely and accurately than any previously published work.


Land of the Post Rock

Land of the Post Rock

Author: Grace Muilenburg

Publisher:

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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Draws from the study of geography, geology, history, and folklore to tell how a natural mineral resource--a ledge of limestone--became one of the keys to the development of north-central Kansas in the pioneer days.


Exploring Extreme and Unusual Geology in the Stable Midcontinent

Exploring Extreme and Unusual Geology in the Stable Midcontinent

Author: Marcia K. Schulmeister

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 2019-04-18

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 0813700523

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"The papers in this volume illustrate unique, but often overlooked, geologic events of the last 300 million years. Rock outcrops and landscapes, ranging in age from Upper Pennsylvanian through the Anthropocene, are presented that address the following themes: cyclothems, a Permian salt giant, Midcontinent kimberlite intrusions, and Midcontinent glaciation"--


Strata

Strata

Author: Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780226754888

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"The story starts with William Smith's early years, from apprentice to surveyor for hire, and from publication of his groundbreaking 1815 geological strata map to imprisonment for debt. Smith's 1799 geological map of Bath and table of strata, his first strata map of England and Wales, published in 1801, and photographs of some of Smith's collection of 2,000 fossils illustrate the tale. The remainder of the book is organized into four parts, each beginning with four sheets from Smith's hand-colored, 1815 strata map, accompanied by related geological cross sections and county maps (1819-24), and followed by sections of Sowerby's fossil illustrations (1816-19), organized by strata. Interleaved between the sections are essays by scholars that focus on the people and industries that benefited from the knowledge imparted by Smith's work. Concluding the volume are reflections on Smith's later years as an itinerant geologist and surveyor, plagiarism by a rival, receipt of the first Wollaston Medal in recognition of his achievements, and the influence of his geological mapping and biostratigraphical theories on the sciences, which culminated in the establishment of the modern geological timescale"--


Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills

Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills

Author: Rex Buchanan

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780700628421

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Rock carvings by Native Americans are a little known but important part of the Kansas landscape. They tell us much about the people who were here before Euro-Americans.