Geology of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail
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2011
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-28484-8 (ISBN)
University of Wisconsin Press (Verlag)
978-0-299-28484-8 (ISBN)
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Brings this landscape to life and helps readers understand what Ice Age Wisconsin was like. An overview of Wisconsin’s geology and key geological concepts helps readers understand geological processes, materials, and landforms. This also details geological features along each segment of the Ice Age Trail and at each of the nine National Ice Age Scientific Reserve sites.
The Ice Age National Scenic Trail meanders across the state of Wisconsin through scenic glacial terrain dotted with lakes, steep hills, and long, narrow ridges. David M. Mickelson, Louis J. Maher Jr., and Susan L. Simpson bring this landscape to life and help readers understand what Ice Age Wisconsin was like. An overview of Wisconsin’s geology and key geological concepts helps readers understand geological processes, materials, and land forms. The authors detail geological features along each segment of the Ice Age Trail and at each of the nine National Ice Age Scientific Reserve sites.
Readers can experience the Ice Age Trail through more than one hundred full colour photographs, scores of beautiful maps, and helpful diagrams. Science briefs explain glacial features such as eskers, drumlins, and moraines. Geology of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail also includes detailed trail descriptions that are cross referenced with the science briefs to make it easy to find the geological terms used in the trail descriptions. Whatever your level of experience with hiking or knowledge of glaciers, this book will provide lively, informative, and revealing descriptions for a new understanding of the shape of the land beneath our feet.
The Ice Age National Scenic Trail meanders across the state of Wisconsin through scenic glacial terrain dotted with lakes, steep hills, and long, narrow ridges. David M. Mickelson, Louis J. Maher Jr., and Susan L. Simpson bring this landscape to life and help readers understand what Ice Age Wisconsin was like. An overview of Wisconsin’s geology and key geological concepts helps readers understand geological processes, materials, and land forms. The authors detail geological features along each segment of the Ice Age Trail and at each of the nine National Ice Age Scientific Reserve sites.
Readers can experience the Ice Age Trail through more than one hundred full colour photographs, scores of beautiful maps, and helpful diagrams. Science briefs explain glacial features such as eskers, drumlins, and moraines. Geology of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail also includes detailed trail descriptions that are cross referenced with the science briefs to make it easy to find the geological terms used in the trail descriptions. Whatever your level of experience with hiking or knowledge of glaciers, this book will provide lively, informative, and revealing descriptions for a new understanding of the shape of the land beneath our feet.
David M. Mickelson and Louis J. Maher Jr. are both professors emeriti and senior scientists in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Susan L. Simpson is a writer and editor who has worked for the National Park Service and other conservation organizations.
| Zusatzinfo | 115 colour photographs, 164 maps, 2 black & white illustrations |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Wisconsin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 200 x 251 mm |
| Gewicht | 983 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
| Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-299-28484-0 / 0299284840 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-299-28484-8 / 9780299284848 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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