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9780878424573

Roadside Geology of Nebraska

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    9780878424573

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    0878424571

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-10-01
  • Publisher: Mountain Pr
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Informative travel companions about roadside terrain and geology with photos, diagrams, and glossary.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix
Reading Geologic Maps x
Geologic Time Scale xiii
Geologic Summary of Nebraska
1(246)
Geologic Time
4(1)
Understanding Sedimentary Rocks
5(6)
Defining Rock Units
7(1)
Gaps in the Record
8(2)
Fossil Formation
10(1)
Precambrian Time
11(4)
Paleozoic Time
15(9)
Cambrian through Devonian Subsurface Rocks
17(1)
Late Paleozoic Arches and Basins
18(1)
Oscillating Seas of Pennsylvanian and Permian Time
18(6)
Late Paleozoic Life
24(9)
Shallow Marine Communities
24(6)
Fossils from the Black Shales
30(2)
Freshwater and Terrestrial Communities
32(1)
Cretaceous Time
33(10)
Cretaceous Stratigraphic Units
35(4)
Western Interior Seaway
39(2)
Life in the Seas and along the Coast
41(2)
Tertiary Time
43(18)
Tertiary Sediments
44(7)
Mammals and Other Life
51(7)
Intercontinental Exchange via Land Bridges
58(2)
Pliocene-Pleistocene Gravels
60(1)
Quaternary Geology and the Modern Landscape
61(19)
Ice and the Missouri River Valley
62(3)
Where Did All the Mammoths Go?
65(2)
Dust of the Plains
67(3)
The Sand Hills
70(5)
Groundwater
75(1)
Rivers Running Amok
76(4)
Road Guides
Interstate 80: Omaha---Wyoming
80(19)
* Schramm Park State Recreation Area
81(5)
* University of Nebraska State Museum
86(13)
U.S. 6: Arapahoe---Colorado
99(2)
U.S. 20: U.S. 275---Valentine
101(2)
U.S. 20: Valentine---Wyoming
103(18)
* Toadstool Geologic Park
109(7)
* Hudson-Meng Bone Bed
116(5)
U.S. 26: Ogallala---Wyoming
121(18)
* Ash Hollow State Historical Park
125(14)
U.S. 75: Omaha---South Sioux City
139(5)
U.S. 75: Omaha---Kansas
144(8)
* Indian Cave State Park
149(3)
U.S. 83: North Platte---Valentine
152(7)
U.S. 136: Missouri---Arapahoe
159(10)
U.S. 275: Omaha---U.S. 20
169(8)
* Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park
173(4)
U.S. 281: Red Cloud---Spencer
177(16)
* Scotia Chalk Mine
184(9)
U.S. 385: Alliance---Chadron
193(4)
Nebraska 2: Grand Island---Alliance
197(7)
Nebraska 12: South Sioux City---Valentine
204(23)
* Ponca State Park
205(6)
* Niobrara State Park
211(14)
* Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge
225(2)
Nebraska 29: Scottsbluff---Harrison
227(8)
* Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
231(4)
Nebraska 71: Kimball---Scottsbluff
235(12)
* Scotts Bluff National Monument
240(7)
Glossary 247(4)
Suggested Reading and Further References 251(4)
Websites with Information on Nebraska Geology 255(2)
Index 257

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