Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Selection of Colors and Patterns for Geologic Maps of the U.S. Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Selection of Colors and Patterns for Geologic Maps of the U.S. Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Author: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report
Author: Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey
Author: Societal Value of Geologic Maps
Author: Richard L. BernknopfPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788107283
Category : Geological mapping
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Describes: geologic maps and their use as a fundamental data base, a rigorous benefit-cost model for valuing geologic map information, and the economic issues associated with determining whether or not a geologic map is a public good. Maps, charts and tables, some in color. Extensive bibliography.
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Author: Granite and Grace
Author: Michael P. CohenPublisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 1948908174
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
In Granite and Grace Michael Cohen reflects on a lifetime of climbing, walking, and pondering the granite in Yosemite National Park at Tuolumne Meadows. This high-country region of Yosemite is dominated by a young, beautifully glaciated geological formation known as the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite. It does not include familiar Yosemite icons like Half Dome, yet geologists describe this granitic realm at over 8,000 feet as “an iconic American landscape.” Drawing together the humanistic and scientific significance of the wild landscapes he traverses, Michael uncovers relationships between people and places and meaning and substance, rendering this text part memoir—but also considerably more. On-the-rock encounters by hand and foot open up a dialogue between the heart of a philosopher and the mind of a geologist. Michael adds a literary softness to this hard landscape, blending excursions with exposition and literature with science. It is through his graceful representations that the geological becomes metaphorical, while the science turns mythological. This high country, where in 1889 John Muir and Robert Underwood Johnson planned what would become Yosemite National Park, is significant for cultural as well as natural reasons. Discoursing on everything from Camus’s “Myths of Sisyphus” to the poems of Gary Snyder, Michael adds depth to an already splendorous landscape. Premier early geologists, such as François Matthes, shaped the language of Yosemite’s landscape. Even though Yosemite has changed over half a century, the rock has not. As Michael explores the beauty and grace of his familiar towering vistas, he demonstrates why, of the many aspects of the world to which one might get attached, the most secure is granite.
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