Geology Underfoot Along Colorado's Front Range (Paperback)

In Geology Underfoot along Colorado's Front Range, the most recent addition to the Geology Underfoot series, authors (and geoscientists) Lon Abbott and Terri Cook narrate the Front Range's tale, from its humble beginnings as a flat, nondescript seafloor through several ghostly incarnations as a towering mountain range. The book's 21 chapters, or vignettes, lead you to easily accessible stops along the Front Range's highways and byways, where you'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 America's mountain, Pikes Peak, developed from molten magma miles below the surface only to become an important visual landmark for early Great Plains' travelers; and walk the Gangplank, a singularly important plateau for both nineteenth-century westward expansion and our understanding of the Front Range's most recent exhumation.

General

Imprint:	Mountain Press Publishing Company
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Geology Underfoot
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	December 2012
Authors:	Lon Abbot • Terri Cook
Dimensions:	226 x 150 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Sewn
Pages:	338
ISBN-13:	978-0-87842-595-2
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > General Books > Travel > Travel & holiday guides > General Promotions
LSN:	0-87842-595-0
Barcode:	9780878425952

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