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Roadside Geology of Texas (Roadside Geology Series) (Roadside Geology Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Darwin Spearing
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 122874
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 418
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 3.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 087842265X
Dewey Decimal Number: 557.64
EAN: 9780878422654
ASIN: 087842265X
Publication Date: April 1, 1991
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The geologic panorama of Texas is as wide as the state is big, sweeping from volcanic mesas and thrusting mountains in the west to the red canyons of the Panhandle, along tropical sand barriers of the Gulf Coast, and across central limestone plateaus to the hard granitic terrain of central Texas. Learn about the rocks as you come to them--what they are, when they formed, what they mean, and how they fit into the big picture of the geology of Texas.
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 Great Book for the Armchair Geologist January 8, 2008
Book is interesting and informative. Gave it as a gift to my husband as he does a lot of driving around Texas and was quite interested in the different rocks and their formation along the side of the roads. He has really enjoyed his book. Wish there were more books out there of this nature.
A Trusted Guide Always May 16, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
As with all the books in this series, you simply cannot go wrong. On a recent trip to central Texas, we took this guide with us and were able to follow along the drive and both visually and scientifically understand what the geology was all about. A truly great geology guide for Texas.
Excellent May 4, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is very easy to read and understand - even by someone who knows nothing about geology! I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about the geological beauty of the beautiful state of Texas!
A must for roadcut rockhounds! August 17, 2000
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is the best book of the Roadside Geology series. Spearing explains not just the location and character of the rock formations one encounters on TX roadways, but the processes which made them. Best of all, he specifically provides the name and formative time period of almost every formation mentioned (e.g., "Triassic Trujillo sandstone") -- avoiding the overgeneralized naming (e.g., "Mesozoic sediment layer") of a few other Roadside Geology volumes. This is certainly a time saver for the rock collector who catalogs his specimens! This book is a must-get for all rock enthusiasts -- even those who have never been to Texas. Now if someone would just write a Roadside Geology of Oklahoma volume...
The single best book on Texas geology June 22, 2000
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Excellence abounds in this book. The illustrations are good, but the writing is extraordinarily good for a book on a technical subject. I read it through like a fine novel. I've lived in Texas all my life and was surprised that there was so much Texas geology that I didn't know. A must-have for anyone interested in Texas history or geology.
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