The Geologic Story of the Great Plains
Trimble DE. 1980. The Geologic Story of the Great Plains. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1493. United States Department of the Interior United States Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C.
A nontechnical description of the origin and evolution of the landscape of the Great Plains Geological Survey Bulletin 1493 United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1980 This book includes: Introduction; What is the Great Plains; The Great Plains-its parts; Early history; Warping and stream deposition; Sculpturing the land; Landforms of today-The surface features of the Great Plains; Black Hills; Central Texas Uplift; Eaton Section; High Plains; Missouri Plateau; Preglacial Drainage; Glaciated Missouri Plateau; Unglaciated Missouri Plateau; The Colorado Piedmont; Pecos Valley; Edward's Plateau; Plains Border Section
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Trimble, Donald
- Date of Issue
- 1980
- Publisher
- United States Department of the Interior United States Government Printing Office
- Units
- BADL , HIST
- Keywords
- Black Hills, ehistory, Geologic Formations, Geologic story, Geology, Glaciers, Granite, Great Plains, Great Plains Region, History, Igneous Rocks, Landforms, Landscape, Metamorphic Rocks, Natural History, Physical Sciences, Rivers & Streams, Rocks, SD, Sedimentary Rocks, Sedimentation, Topography