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Price: $20.00
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Sale: $10.49
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Bradford B. Van Diver
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.48
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Publication Date: 1990-01-01
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Reading Level: 352
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Description: From the tightly folded formations in the Appalachians across the broad reaches of horizontal sedimentary layers in the Allegheny Plateau, Pennsylvania's rocks record hundreds of millions of years of geologic history that tell an astounding storyThis book enables the reader to recognize the rocks and understand their meaning. It explains the landscapes of Pennsylvania in terms anyone can understand and enjoy.
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $20.85
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Manufacturer: New York State Museum
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Binding: Paperback
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Publisher: New York State Museum
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Edition: 2nd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.47
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Publication Date: 2000-05-15
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Reading Level: 300
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Description: This 300 page book is profusely illustrated with nearly 200 figures. It explains how the State's bedrock was formed and how its landscape evolved. This publication is essentially a reprint of the 1st edition: modifications include several changes in geologic age dates and in stratagraphic tables. Major improvements are the addition of a subject index, a list of illustrations, and a list of tables. The State's bedrock geology and glacial features are discussed by region so readers can focus easily on the many examples of geologic phenomena in every part of the state. A detailed table of contents and summaries at the beginning of each chapter guide the reader to specific information. Chapters 1-3 provide a context for grasping the big picture. This section discusses the enormity of geologic time to help the reader appreciate how slowly many spectacular geologic events unfold. It explains continental drift with the plate techtonic theory. This theory describes the earth as a heat engine that operates with incomparable slowness. Continents drift about, oceans open and close, mountains build and erode...This theory provides a theme that connects and explains the major events of geologic history. Chapters 4-10 describe the bedrock of New York State by region. These chapters focus not only on what type of rock is present but also on how it came to be there. The seven regions covered are the Adirondack Mountains, Hudson Highlands and Manhatten Prong, Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands and Taconic Mountains, Northern Lowlands and Tug Hill Plateau, Erie Lowlands and Allegheny Plateau, Newark Lowlands, and Atlantic Coastal Plain. Much of the section on surface deposits (Chapters 11-14) is devoted to the Ice Age. Chapter 12 sums up the history of the Pleistocene Epoch in New York State. Chapter 13 lists glacial features found across the state today. Also included in the section are chapters on the Tertiary period (before the Ice Age) and the Holocene Epoch (after the Ice Age). Chapters 15-18 discuss how the geologic environment influences human activity. Topics covered are mineral resources, surface water, groundwater, earthquakes, and engineering geology. Technical terms are defined when they first appear in the text and are compiled in a glossary, as well. The glossary, which defines 800 words and phrases, is an invaluable tool for readers with little or no background in geology. An appendix contains drawings of common fossils, a physiographic map of the U.S., a map of New York's fault systems, a series of 61 block diagrams showing the plate tectonic evolution of eastern North America, and a list of statewide maps related to geology that are available from the New York State Museum. This publication includes a separate full color folded sheet (22 X 56 inches, printed on both sides) titled the "New York State Geologic Highway Map", as part of its illustrations. This sheet includes four parts: Plate 1, A View from Space: New York and Surrounding Areas; Plate 2, Geologic Map and Cross Sections (both Plates 1 & 2 at 1:1,000,000 scale for easy comparison); Plate 3, Legend for the Geologic Map (layed out as a state-wide stratigraphic correlation chart); Plate 4 includes two New York regional maps, a physiographic map and a tectonic map and two index maps of New York, one of routes of geological field guides and one of points of geological interest. This Highway Map illustrates many of the concepts in the book.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $18.91
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Manufacturer: McBooks Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Derek Doeffinger
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Publisher: McBooks Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 551.484097478
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Publication Date: 2002-11-01
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Reading Level: 128
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Description: The Finger Lakes region is an area of unusual beauty highlighted by a remarkable number of glorious waterfalls—some highly visible and majestic and others hidden and subtle—and these photographs are the result of years visiting and revisiting these falls, expertly capturing their changing faces with the changing seasons.
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Price: $18.00
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Sale: $6.29
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Cathy Connor
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.98
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Publication Date: 1988-05-01
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Reading Level: 251
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Description: Unraveling Alaska's complex and fragmented geologic history would have baffled Sherlock Holmes. Alaska is a mosaic patchwork, a collage of continental scraps swept in from the Pacific and added, one after the other, onto the far northwest corner of the continent. Here are the rocky foundations of Alaska, every bit as exotic as the landscape they support, just as varied and vital as the people who live in that landscape. Due to the rugged terrain and limited road access, this is not just a "roadside" book--it describes the geology of southeast Alaska as one might see it from the observation lounge of one of Alaska's comfortable ferries traveling the marine highway.
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $15.63
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Manufacturer: University of Missouri Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: A. G. Unklesbay::Jerry D. Vineyard
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Publisher: University of Missouri Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.78
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Publication Date: 1992-04
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Reading Level: 189
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Price: $39.95
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Sale: $31.96
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Manufacturer: University Press of Florida
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Publisher: University Press of Florida
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.59
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Publication Date: 1997-04-14
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Reading Level: 400
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Description: The first geology of Florida to be published in more than thirty years, this volume brings together leading geoscience authorities from academia, state and federal geological surveys, and private industry in a liberally illustrated, up-to-date summary and analysis. Early chapters introduce the origin and development of the unique landscape of the Florida peninsula and panhandle. Succeeding chapters cover geomorphology, stratigraphy, plate tectonics, petrology, geochemistry, hydrogeology, vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology, geologic history, economic geology, coastal and marine geology, and environmental geology.
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Price: $20.00
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Sale: $8.00
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Richard W. Hazlett::Donald W. Hyndman
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 559.69
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Publication Date: 1996-08
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Reading Level: 304
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $7.75
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Manufacturer: Appalachian Trail Conservancy
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: V. Collins Chew
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Publisher: Appalachian Trail Conservancy
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.4
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Publication Date: 1993-09-01
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Reading Level: 268
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Description: Second edition of a first-of-its-kind, hiker's-eye-view of the underpinnings of the mountains and valleys crossed by the Appalachian Trail, featuring pieces of almost every major geological event in Earth's history. With simplified maps, amateur geologist Chew, who hiked the entire 2,168-mile trail over a 10-year period, provides background on the features and their development. (Professionally reviewed before publication.)
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Price: $24.00
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Sale: $9.20
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Manufacturer: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David D. Alt
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Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 557.95
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Publication Date: 1995-10-01
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Reading Level: 443
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Description: Northwest Exposures chronicles the events that shaped the region's rock and landforms through the ages. The tale of the Northwest's geology began more than two billion years ago when an ancient continent split, creating oceanfront property in what is now western Idaho. Pacific islands mashed into that coastline, making large parts of Washington and Oregon. These events were followed by monstrous volcanic eruptions, catastrophic ice age floods, and mountains rising to an accompaniment of earthquakes.
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Price: $52.00
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Sale: $46.85
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Manufacturer: University of Hawaii Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Gordon Andrew MacDonald
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Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
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Edition: 2 Sub
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Dewey Decimal Number: 559.69
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Publication Date: 1983-09
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Reading Level: 528
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