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Roadside Geology of Montana

Roadside Geology of Montana

by Donald W. Hyndman and Robert C. Thomas

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Learn about the Geology of Montana with maps, photos and expert descriptions! This 6"x9" paperback has 464 pages that are packed with detailed information about Montana Geology. Second edition. See table of contents below.

Roadside Geology of Montana
Table of Contents

Geologic Map of Montana
viii
General Stratigraphic Column
x
Preface
xi
Geologic Time Scale and Important Events
xiv
 
1. Montana: The First Four Billion Years
1
    Archean Time: 4,600 to 2,500 Million Years Ago
5
    Proterozoic Time: 2,500 to 541 Million Years Ago
6
    Paleozoic Time: 541 to 252 Million Years Ago
7
    Mesozoic Time: 252 to 66 Million Years Ago
9
        Sevier Thin-Skin Deformation
11
        Laramide Thick-Skin Deformation
13
        Cretaceous Intrusions
14
    Cenozoic Time: 66 Million Years Ago to Present
15
        Pleistocene Glaciers and Landscapes
19
        Anthropocene
24
 
2. Northwest Montana: Glaciated Valleys in Faulted Belt Rock
25
        Initial Rise of the Rockies
31
        Lewis and Clark Fault Zone
32
        Cenozoic Extensional Basins
34
        Glacial Lake Missoula and Its Floods
35
Road Guides in Northwest Montana
Glacier National Park
38
    Going-to-the-Sun Road: St. Mary - West Glacier
38
    MT 49 and US 89: East Glacier Park - Alberta Border
46
        Two Medicine Road
49
        Many Glacier Road
51
        Chief Mountain
52
    US 2: Kalispell - Browning
53
I-90: Missoula - Lookout Pass
59
US 2: Kalispell - Idaho Border
66
US 12: Lolo - Lolo Pass (Idaho Border)
73
US 93: Missoula - Polson - Kalispell
76
    MT 35 (East Shore of Flathead Lake)
83
    Giant Ripples of Camas Prairie
86
US 93: Kalispell - Eureka - British Columbia Border
87
MT 83: Clearwater Junction - Bigfork
92
MT 200: Ravalli - Thompson Falls - Idaho Border
95
MT 200: Missoula - Rogers Pass - Bowmans Corners (US 287 Junction)
100
 
3. Southwest Montana - Isolated Ranges, Spacious Valleys
106
        Boulder Batholith
108
        Eocene Volcanism
111
        Cenozoic Extensional Basins
112
        Yellowstone Hot Spot
114
Road Guides in Southwest Montana
Butte: The Richest Hill on Earth
119
I-15: Butte - Helena
125
I-15: Butte - Dillon
129
    Great Unconformity at Camp Creek
133
    Hogback Ridge and Block Mountain
137
I-15: Dillon - Monida Pass
138
    Big Sheep Creek Canyon
145
    Centennial Valley
147
I-90: Billings - Bozeman
150
    Stillwater Mine
152
    Natural Bridge and Falls
155
I-90: Bozeman - Butte
160
    Lewis and Clark Caverns and the Jefferson Canyon Fault
163
I-90: Butte - Missoula
169
US 12: Helena - Garrison
176
US 12: Helena - White Sulphur Springs
181
    Lombard Thrust Fault
187
US 89: Livingston - Gardiner
188
US 93: Missoula - Lost Trail Pass
194
    Skalkaho Mountain
199
US 191: Bozeman - West Yellowstone
200
US 212: Laurel - Wyoming Border on the Beartooth Plateau
205
    Red Dome and the Pryor Mountains
207
US 287: Three Forks - West Yellowstone
212
MT 1 (Anaconda-Pintler Scenic Highway): Drummond - Anaconda
221
MT 55 and MT 41: Whitehall - Dillon
227
MT 43: Divide - Lost Trail Pass
231
US 278: Dillon - Wisdom
239
    Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
244
MT 287: Twin Bridges - Ennis
247
 
4. Central and Eastern Montana - Vast Horizons with Buttes and Badlands
255
        Western Interior Seaway and Dinosaurs
256
        Cenozoic Badlands and Clinker
260
        Island Ranges of the Central Montana Alkalic Province
262
        High Plains Surface
265
        Coal and the Colstrip Power Plant
266
        Oil and Gas
269
        Glacial Lakes and the Missouri River during the Ice Age
273
        Saline Seeps and Alkali Water
275
        Slippery Roads on Gumbo Clay
277
Road Guides in Central and Eastern Montana
Upper Missouri River Breaks: Coal Banks Landing - Judith Landing
277
I-15: Helena - Great Falls
281
I-15: Great Falls - Sweetgrass (Alberta Border)
289
I-90: Billings - Wyoming Border
293
    Bighorn Canyon
296
I-94: Billings - Miles City
299
I-94: Miles City - Glendive - Wibaux
304
    Makoshika Badlands
307
US 2: Browning - Havre
309
US 2: Havre - Malta
314
US 2: Malta - Wolf Point - North Dakota Border
320
    Fort Peck Dam
323
US 12: Roundup - White Sulphur Springs
326
US 12: Roundup - Forsyth
332
US 87: Billings - Roundup - Lewistown
336
US 87: Great Falls - Lewistown
341
    Square Butte and Arrow Creek
345
US 87: Great Falls - Havre
349
US 89: Livingston - White Sulphur Springs
357
US 89: Great Falls - White Sulphur Springs
362
    Smith River Canyon
368
US 89: Great Falls - Browning
369
US 191: Big Timber - Lewistown
374
US 191: Lewistown - Malta
379
    Mission Canyon
384
US 212: Crow Agency - Broadus - Alzada
386
US 287: Wolf Creek - Choteau
391
    Sun River Canyon
394
MT 7: Wibaux - Ekalaka
396
    Medicine Rocks State Park
399
    MT 323 to Alzada
401
MT 200: Bowmans Corners (US 287 Junction) - Great Falls
401
MT 200: Fairview - Sidney - Jordan
404
MT 200: Jordan - US 87 at Grass Range
409
    Hell Creek Fossil Area
411
 
Glossary
415
References
427
Index
442


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