Geology Underfoot Along Colorado's Front Range

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
Manufacturer Mountain Press Publishing Company
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-10-25
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Mountain Press Publishing Company
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-10-25
Format	Kindle eBook

Geology Underfoot Along Colorado's Front Range

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