Rollicking outback adventures and offroad battles with harsh terrain are usually remembered by stockmen and drovers. But heres the story of people who went deep into the remotest parts of Australia, year after year, without any livestock at all. Geologists, cartographers and field workers reached places only known to Aborigines, ......
With over 100,000 copies sold, the new 4th edition joins this series to provide the most complete upstream petroleum guide for students and professionals. Dr. Norman Hyne guides you through the upstream segment of the value supply chain. Commonly used in universities, this easy-to-read and interpret book provides insight into the nature of gas and ......
Why the Earth Isn't as Controversial as You May Think
On Solid Ground is intended to inform a general audience about what geologists know about the earth. It will do so by telling the stories of the people who made the discoveries. It will also chronicle the doubters and nay-sayers who have worked so hard to undermine our understanding of the earth. We know, for example, that the earth is old, in ......
The go-to guide to driving through the Sunflower State. Immerse yourself in natural history, discover new wonders, and learn to see familiar highways in new and exciting ways. Almost forty years after its first publication, Roadside Kansas remains the premier guide to the landscapes and landmarks along more than 2,600 miles of Kansas highway. ......
Rocks, Gems, and Minerals of the Rocky Mountains is a field guide to more than 130 of the most common and sought-after rocks, gems, and minerals hidden throughout the Rocky Mountains. Conveniently sized to fit in your pocket and featuring full-color, detailed photographs, this informative guide makes it easy to identify rocks in your backyard and ......
A Photographic Tour of the Region's Geological History
The beauty, diversity, and underlying history of the landscapes in which Kansans live If we view the natural world in the context of time, everything we see becomes a story. Nothing can be truly understood without reference to time and change. Landscapes are molded by the motions of continents, the uplift and erosion of mountains, the rise and ......
Life Along the River from Prehistory to the Civil War
When the Bosque Ran Clear: Life Along the River from Prehistory to the Civil War presents a history of early people and their environments along the Bosque River valley in North Central Texas. Spanning from the Pleistocene, thousands of years ago when the earliest peoples arrived in the cool and rainy river valley, to the time of the Comanche in ......
Climate Change, Conservation, and Saving the American Sea
The once formidable Rio Grande Delta has vanished, and unsustainable land loss in south Louisiana will result in the virtual loss of the Mississippi River Delta by 2050. Barrier islands, peninsulas, and chenier plains across the Gulf Coast are experiencing unprecedented erosion; fragile wetlands and seagrass meadows are vanishing rapidly; and the ......
A herd of bison standing in the snow. Layered bluffs of multicolored sandstone. A silver Airstream trailer on a mountain highway. These are familiar sights for Neil Mathison and his wife, Susan. Newly retired, their son in college, they set off on their own great American road trip "uncoupled from the tyranny of calendars or a specific journey." ......
