Bibliograph

How the mountains grew, a new geological history of North America, John Dvorak

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How the mountains grew, a new geological history of North America, John Dvorak

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-410) and index

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illustrationsplates

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How the mountains grew

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bibliography

Responsibility statement

John Dvorak

Sub title

a new geological history of North America

Summary

Geology has long been a puzzling science. The theory of plate tectonics advanced geographical study immensely but plate tectonics can't explain the Black Hills or the walls of chalk in the fertile Kansas basin. What else has been and is creating the landscape of North America?

Table Of Contents

The relics of hell -- Bombardment and bottleneck -- The children of Ur -- Gardens of Ediacaran -- The great unconformity -- An ancient forest at Gilboa -- Fires, forests, and coal -- The great dying -- A grand staircase -- Western interior seaway -- A calamitous event -- Extinction -- How the mountains grew -- The Great Lakes of Wyoming -- A drowned river at Poughkeepsie -- A world bequeathed and the great acceleration

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