Roadside Geology of Montana

by Alt, David

• ISBN13: 9780878422029
• ISBN10: 0878422021
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-10-01
• Publisher: Mountain Pr

Summary

An introductory chapter briefly reviews Montana's geology followed by a series of road guides with the local particulars. The authors tell you what the rocks are and what they mean. Useful graphics and charts supplement the text and help you to understa

Table of Contents

The Big Picture	1	(34)
Northwestern Montana--Where Nothing Is Nailed Down	35	(90)
Glacier National Park	55	(7)
Going-to-the-Sun Road: West Glacier--St. Mary	62	(3)
Many Glacier Road: US 89--Swiftcurrent Lake	65	(2)
Two Medicine Road: US 89--Two Medicine Lake	67	(1)
US 89: Browning--Alberta Border	68	(3)
Interstate 90: Missoula--Lookout Pass	71	(6)
US 2: Kalispell--Idaho Border	77	(8)
US 2: Kalispell--Browning	85	(4)
US 93: Missoula--Kalispell	89	(8)
US 93: Kalispell--Canadian Border	97	(4)
Montana 28: Plains--Elmo	101	(6)
Montana 83: Clearwater Junction--Bigfork	107	(6)
Montana 200: Ravalli--Idaho Border	113	(6)
Montana 200: Missoula--Bowman's Corner	119	(6)
Southwestern Montana--Isolated Ranges, Spacious Valleys	125	(126)
Interstate 15: Helena--Butte	141	(8)
Interstate 15: Interstate 90--Dillon	149	(6)
Interstate 15: Dillon--Monida Pass	155	(8)
Interstate 90: Missoula--Butte	163	(8)
Interstate 90: Butte--Bozeman	171	(10)
Interstate 90: Bozeman--Billings	181	(8)
MT 1: Drummond--Anaconda	189	(6)
US 12: Lolo--Lolo Pass	195	(2)
US 12: Garrison--Helena	197	(6)
US 89: Livingston--Gardiner	203	(4)
US 93: Missoula--Lost Trail Pass	207	(8)
US 191: Bozeman--West Yellowstone	215	(6)
US 212: Laurel--Cooke City	221	(6)
US 287: Three Forks--West Yellowstone	227	(6)
US 310: Laurel--Wyoming	233	(4)
Montana 41 and 55: Dillon--Whitehall	237	(6)
Montana 43: Divide--Lost Trail Pass	243	(4)
Montana 287: Twin Bridges--Ennis	247	(4)
Central Montana--A Land of Scattered Roads	251	(106)
Interstate 15: Helena--Great Falls	271	(6)
Interstate 15: Great Falls--Sweetgrass	277	(5)
US 2: Browning--Havre	282	(7)
US 2: Havre--Malta	289	(4)
US 12: Helena--White Sulphur Springs	293	(6)
US 12: White Sulphur Springs--Roundup	299	(4)
US 87: Billings--Grassrange	303	(2)
US 87: Great Falls--Grassrange	305	(6)
US 87: Great Falls--Havre	311	(6)
US 89: Great Falls--White Sulphur Springs	317	(4)
US 89: White Sulphur Springs--Livingston	321	(4)
US 89: Great Falls--Browning	325	(4)
US 191: Big Timber--Lewistown	329	(6)
US 191: Lewistown--Malta	335	(6)
US 287: Wolf Creek--Choteau	341	(6)
Montana 80: Fort Benton--Stanford	347	(4)
Montana 200: Bowman's Corner--Great Falls	351	(6)
Eastern Montana -- The Far Horizons	357	(61)
Interstate 90: Billings--Wyoming Border	373	(4)
Interstate 94: Billings--Miles City	377	(6)
Interstate 94: Miles City--Wibaux	383	(4)
US 2: Malta--Wolf Point	387	(4)
US 2: Wolf Point--North Dakota Border	391	(4)
US 12: Roundup--Forsyth	395	(4)
US 212: Crow Agency--Alzada	399	(4)
Montana 7: Wibaux--Ekalaka	403	(6)
Montana 200: Grassrange--Jordan	409	(4)
Montana 200: Jordan--Sidney	413	(5)
Glossary	418	(3)
If You Want to Know More	421	(1)
Index	422