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FIELD GUIDE 51

Field Guide 51
Ancient Oceans, Orogenic Uplifts, and Glacial Ice Ancient Oceans, Orogenic Uplifts, and Glacial Ice:
Geologic Crossroads in America’s Heartland
G E O L O G I C C R O S S R O A D S I N A M E R I C A ’ S H E A R T L A N D
Edited by Lee J. Florea
Edited by Lee J. Florea
This volume, prepared for the 130th Annual Meeting of the Geological Soci-
ety of America in Indianapolis, includes compelling science and eld trips
in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. A wealth of geologic and
human history collides in the Midwest, a con uence that led to the
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growth of America’s industry over the past two centuries. Guides
in this volume depict this development from the establishment
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$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ this growth were the widespread natural resources—limestone,
the construction of Indianapolis’s modern skyline. Underpinning
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coal, and water—that built, powered, and connected a growing
nation. Take a journey through the Heartland to sand dunes, out-
crops, quarries, rivers, caves, and springs that connect Paleozoic
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stratigraphy with the assembly of Gondwana, continental glaciation
with Quaternary geomorphology and hydrology, and landscape with
the human environment.
FLD051, 434 p., ISBN 9780813700519 | list price $64.00
Ancient Oceans, Orogenic Uplifts, and Glacial Ice: Geologic Crossroads in America’s Heartland
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