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The Rise and Fall of the Taconic Mountains
Donald W. Fisher
其他書名
A Geological History of Eastern New York
出版Black Dome Press, 2006
主題Science / Earth Sciences / Geology
ISBN18837895249781883789527
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=V1fwAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Dr. Donald Fisher, New York State Paleontologist emeritus, traces the geologic history of eastern New York through the rise and fall of the Taconic Mountainsonce New Yorks "Rockies"the draining and sculpting of the Catskill Mountains from a delta-derived plateau, and the rise of the Adirondacks, the paradox of New Yorks youngest mountains created from New Yorks oldest rocks. It is a story of rocks and fossils, life and evolution, unimaginable stretches of timea chronicle of continual, ongoing change and transformation. Included within the book, published for the first time, is a detailed colored geological (tectonic) map for Columbia Countythe heart of the Taconicsthe result of over fifty years of fieldwork and study.Other sections of the book include an explanation of where and how to collect fossil specimens, a discussion of economic resources from the ground, and a history of New York State's pioneering geologist and the NYS Geological Survey.