Kansas Geology: An Introduction to Landscapes, Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils. Este artículo no está disponible.Kansas Geology: An Introduction to Landscapes, Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils

University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 1984. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name stamp on the first page and all three textblock edges. Book Condition: Very Good; old price on first page from academic bookstore; light edge wear, light soiling to wraps, wrinkles to paper on spine from opening. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 208 pp 4to. This book is intended for those who have little or no background in earth sciences but want to learn more about the geology of Kansas. The rocks and soils of Kansas contain all sorts of stories- of seas inhabited by ferocious sharks, of swamps that stretched for miles, and dust storms that make the 1930s Dust Bowl look clean by comparison. Ancient oceans, saline seas larger than the Great Salt Lake, earthquakes, and even volcanoes are recorded in Kansas rocks if you know how to read them. This book will get the reader started on how Kansas has developed since prehistory. A clean very presentable copy.…