101 American Geo-Sites You've Gotta See
by Albert B. Dickas
101 American Geo-Sites You've Gotta See
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| Foreword |
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| Acknowledgments |
xi
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| Introduction |
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| Relative Age Dating |
1
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| Absolute Age Dating |
4
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| Plate Tectonics Theory |
5
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| A Short History of the Earth |
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| Hadean Eon: 4,600-4,000 MYA |
11
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| Archean Eon: 4,000-2,500 MYA |
12
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| Proterozoic Eon: 2,500-542 MYA |
12
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| Cambrian Period: 542-488 MYA |
12
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| Ordovician Period: 488-443 MYA |
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| Silurian Period: 443-416 MYA |
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| Devonian Period: 416-359 MYA |
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| Carboniferous Period: 359-299 MYA |
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| Permian Period: 299-251 MYA |
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| Triassic Period: 251-199 MYA |
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| Jurassic Period: 199-145 MYA |
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| Cretaceous Period: 145-65 MYA |
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| Paleogene Period: 65-23 MYA |
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| Neogene Period: 23-2.6 MYA |
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| Quaternary Period: 2.6 MYA to Today |
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| GEO-SITES |
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| 1. Wetumpka Crater, Alabama |
20
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| 2. Exit Glacier, Alaska |
22
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| 3. Antelope Canyon, Arizona |
24
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| 4. Meteor Crater, Arizona |
26
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| 5. Monument Valley, Arizona |
28
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| 6. Prairie Creek Pipe, Arkansas |
30
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| 7. Wallace Creek, California |
32
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| 8. Racetrack Playa, California |
34
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| 9. Devils Postpile, California |
36
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| 10. Rancho La Brea, California |
38
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| 11. El Capitan, California |
40
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| 12. Boulder Flatirons, Colorado |
42
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| 13. Interstate 70 Roadcut, Colorado |
44
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| 14. Florissant Fossil Beds, Colorado |
46
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| 15. Dinosaur Trackway, Connecticut |
48
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| 16. Wilmington Blue Rocks, Delaware |
50
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| 17. Devil's Millhopper, Florida |
52
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| 18. Stone Mountain, Georgia |
54
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| 19. Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii |
56
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| 20. Borah Peak, Idaho |
58
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| 21. Menan Buttes, Idaho |
60
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| 22. Great Rift, Idaho |
62
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| 23. Balmeyer Anticline, Illinois |
64
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| 24. Hanging Rock Klint, Indiana |
66
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| 25. Fort Dodge Gypsum, Iowa |
68
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| 26. Monument Rocks, Kansas |
70
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| 27. Ohio Black Shale, Kentucky |
72
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| 28. Mammoth Cave, Kentucky |
74
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| 29. Four Corners Roadcut, Kentucky |
76
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| 30. Avery Island, Louisiana |
78
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| 31. Schoodic Point, Maine |
80
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| 32. Calvert Cliffs, Maryland |
82
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| 33. Purgatory Chasm, Massachusetts |
84
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| 34. Nonesuch Potholes, Michigan |
86
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| 35. Quincy Mine, Michigan |
88
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| 36. Grand River Ledges, Michigan |
90
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| 37. Sioux Quartzite, Minnesota |
92
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| 38. Thomson Dikes, Minnesota |
94
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| 39. Soudan Mine, Minnesota |
96
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| 40. Petrified Forest, Mississippi |
98
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| 41. Elephant Rocks, Missouri |
100
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| 42. Grassy Mountain Nonconformity, Missouri |
102
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| 43. Chief Mountain, Montana |
104
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| 44. Madison Slide, Montana |
106
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| 45. Butte Pluton, Montana |
108
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| 46. Quad Creek Quartzite, Montana |
110
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| 47. Ashfall Fossil Beds, Nebraska |
112
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| 48. Scotts Bluff, Nebraska |
114
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| 49. Crow Creek Marlstone, Nebraska |
116
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| 50. Sand Mountain, Nevada |
118
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| 51. Great Unconformity, Nevada |
120
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| 52. Flume Gorge, New Hampshire |
122
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| 53. Palisades Sill, New Jersey |
124
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| 54. White Sands, New Mexico |
126
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| 55. Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico |
128
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| 56. Ship Rock, New Mexico |
130
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| 57. State Line Outcrop, New Mexico |
132
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| 58. American Falls, New york |
134
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| 59. Taconic Unconformity, New York |
136
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| 60. Giboa Forest, New York |
138
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| 61. Pilot Mountain, North Carolina |
140
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| 62. South Killdeer Mountain, North Dakota |
142
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| 63. Hueston Woods, Ohio |
144
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| 64. Big Rock, Ohio |
146
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| 65. Kelleys Island, Ohio |
148
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| 66. Interstate 35 Roadcut, Oklahoma |
150
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| 67. Mount Mazama, Oregon |
152
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| 68. Lava River Cave, Oregon |
154
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| 69. Drake's Folly, Pennsylvania |
156
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| 70. Hickory Run, Pennsylvania |
158
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| 71. Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania |
160
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| 72. Beavertail Point, Rhode Island |
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| 73. Crowburg Basin, South Carolina |
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| 74. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota |
166
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| 75. Mammoth Site, South Dakota |
168
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| 76. Pinnacles Overlook, South Dakota |
170
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| 77. Reelfoot Scarp, Tennessee |
172
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| 78. Enchanted Rock, Texas |
174
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| 79. Capitan Reef, Texas |
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| 80. Paluxy River Tracks, Texas |
178
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| 81. Upheaval Dome, Utah |
180
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| 82. Checkerboard Mesa, Utah |
182
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| 83. San Juan Goosenecks, Utah |
184
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| 84. Salina Canyon Unconformity, Utah |
186
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| 85. Bingham Stock, Utah |
188
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| 86. Whipstock Hill, Vermont |
190
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| 87. Great Falls, Virginia |
192
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| 88. Natural Bridge, Virginia |
194
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| 89. Millbrig Ashfall, Virginia |
196
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| 90. Catoctin Greenstone, Virginia |
198
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| 91. Mount St. Helens, Washington |
200
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| 92. Dry Falls, Washington |
202
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| 93. Seneca Rocks, West Virginia |
204
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| 94. Roche-A-Cri Mound, Wisconsin |
206
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| 95. Van Hise Rock, Wisconsin |
208
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| 96. Amnicon Falls, Wisconsin |
210
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| 97. Green River Wyoming |
212
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| 98. Devils Tower, Wyoming |
214
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| 99. Fossil Butte, Wyoming |
216
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| 100. Steamboat Geyser, Wyoming |
218
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| 101. Specimen Ridge, Wyoming |
220
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| Glossary |
223
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| References |
229
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| Index |
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