The Geologic Story of the Great Plains
by Donald E. Trimble
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About this eBook
- Author
- Trimble, Donald E., 1916-
- Title
- The Geologic Story of the Great Plains A nontechnical description of the origin and evolution of the landscape of the Great Plains
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QE: Science: Geology
- Subject
- Landscapes -- Great Plains
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 63396
- Release Date
- October 6, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The GEOLOGIC STORY of The GREAT PLAINS
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.FIGURES
- 4.TABLE — The GEOLOGIC STORY of The GREAT PLAINS
- 5.INTRODUCTION
- 6.WHAT IS THE GREAT PLAINS?
- 7.THE GREAT PLAINS—ITS PARTS
- 8.EARLY HISTORY
- 9.WARPING AND STREAM DEPOSITION — GEOLOGIC TIME The Age of the Earth
- 10.SCULPTURING THE LAND
- 11.LANDFORMS OF TODAY—The surface features of the Great Plains — BLACK HILLS — CENTRAL TEXAS UPLIFT — RATON SECTION — HIGH PLAINS — MISSOURI PLATEAU — Preglacial Drainage — Glaciated Missouri Plateau — Unglaciated Missouri Plateau — THE COLORADO PIEDMONT — PECOS VALLEY — EDWARDS PLATEAU — PLAINS BORDER SECTION
- 12.EPILOGUE
- 13.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 14.SOME SOURCE REFERENCES
- 15.INDEX
- 16.Transcriber’s Notes
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