Geology Underfoot Along Colorado's Front Range

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Geology Underfoot Along Colorado's Front Range

The transition from the relatively flat Great Plains to the craggy peaks of Coloradoâ€™s Front Range is one of North Americaâ€™s most abrupt topographical contrasts. The epic, 1,800-million-year geologic story behind this amazing landscape is even more awe inspiring. In Geology Underfoot along Coloradoâ€™s Front Range, the most recent addition to the Geology Underfoot series, authors (and geoscientists) Lon Abbott and Terri Cook narrate the Front Rangeâ€™s tale, from its humble beginnings as a flat, nondescript seafloor through several ghostly incarnations as a towering mountain range. The bookâ€™s 21 chapters, or vignettes, lead you to easily accessible stops along the Front Rangeâ€™s highways and byways, where youâ€™ll meet the apatosaur and other dinosaurs who roamed the floodplains and beaches that once covered the Front Range; look for diamonds in rare, out-of-the-way volcanic pipes; learn how Americaâ€™s mountain, Pikes Peak, developed from molten magma miles below the surface only to become an important visual landmark for early Great Plainsâ€™ travelers; and walk the Gangplank, a singularly important plateau for both nineteenth-century westward expansion and our understanding of the Front Rangeâ€™s most recent exhumation. A healthy dose of full-color illustrations and photos demystify the concepts put forth in the authorsâ€™ elegant, insightful prose. With Geology Underfoot along Coloradoâ€™s Front Range in hand, youâ€™ll feel like youâ€™re traveling through time as you explore the Front Rangeâ€™s hidden geologic treasures.

Country	USA
Author	Lon Abbot
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780878426164
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Mountain Press Publishing Company
Manufacturer	Mountain Press Publishing Company
NumberOfPages	381
PublicationDate	2013-10-25
Publisher	Mountain Press Publishing Company
ReleaseDate	2013-10-25
Studio	Mountain Press Publishing Company

Geology Underfoot Along Colorado's Front Range

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