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Roadside Kansas: A Traveler's Guide to its Geology and Landmarks Second Edition, Revised and Updated
Rex C. Buchanan
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Description for Roadside Kansas: A Traveler's Guide to its Geology and Landmarks Second Edition, Revised and Updated
Paperback. A guide to the geology, natural resources, landmarks, and landscapes of Kansas along nine of the Sunflower State's major highways. Covering more than 2,600 miles, and featuring more than 100 photographs, drawings, and maps, it provides the descriptions of contemporary and historical features to be seen across Kansas. Num Pages: 256 pages, 71 photographs, 11 in colour, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNK; WNW; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 603.
Two decades after its first publication, ""Roadside Kansas"" remains the premier guide to the geology, natural resources, landmarks, and landscapes along nine of the Sunflower State's major highways. During that span, however, many aspects of the Kansas landscape changed: the growth of some towns and near disappearance of others, the expansion of highways, the development of industry. Even the rocks themselves changed in places as erosion took its relentless toll. More broadly, there have been changes in the science of geology. This new edition reflects all of these changes and thoroughly updates the previous edition in ways that reinforce its ... Read more
Two decades after its first publication, ""Roadside Kansas"" remains the premier guide to the geology, natural resources, landmarks, and landscapes along nine of the Sunflower State's major highways. During that span, however, many aspects of the Kansas landscape changed: the growth of some towns and near disappearance of others, the expansion of highways, the development of industry. Even the rocks themselves changed in places as erosion took its relentless toll. More broadly, there have been changes in the science of geology. This new edition reflects all of these changes and thoroughly updates the previous edition in ways that reinforce its ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700617005
SKU
V9780700617005
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Rex C. Buchanan
Rex Buchanan is Deputy Director of the Kansas Geological Survey and editor of Kansas Geology: An Introduction to Landscapes, Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils, soon to be in its second edition (see page 20). James R. McCauley, now retired from the Kansas Geological Survey, is the author of some two dozen scientific articles. John R. Charlton is the staff photographer at ... Read more
Reviews for Roadside Kansas: A Traveler's Guide to its Geology and Landmarks Second Edition, Revised and Updated
"Travel the highways and see the terrain formed by elemental forces - limestone cliffs layered by ancient seas, boulders left by glaciers from the ice age, mysterious sink-holes, everlasting wells - all in this fascinating kaleidoscope of geology, history, pioneer tales, amusing anecdotes, and incidental information about the state." - Zula Bennington Greene, columnist "Peggy of the Flint Hills" "Valuable ... Read more