Charles Ferguson Barker

Under Michigan (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Most people recognize Michigan by its mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula and the Great Lakes embracing the state. Underneath the earth's surface, however, is equally distinctive evidence of an exciting history. Michigan rests on sedimentary rocks that reach down into the earth's crust more than fourteen thousand feet¿a depth three-and-a-half times deeper than the Grand Canyon. Within these layers of rock rest all sorts of ancient fossils and minerals that date back to the eras when tropical seas spread across Michigan and hot volcanoes flung molten rock into its skies¿long before mile-thick glaciers bulldozed over Michigan and plowed through ancient river valleys to form the Great Lakes. Under Michigan is the first book for young readers about the geologic history of the state and the structure scientists call the Michigan Basin. A fun and educational journey, Under Michigan explores Earth's geological past, taking readers far below the familiar sights of...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wayne State University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780814336496
• Artikelnr.: 42005491

Autorenporträt

Charles Ferguson Barker is a geologist and the author and illustrator of several award-winning children's books. He has a degree in geology from Arizona State University and a graduate degree in geology from Boston University. While in graduate school, he spent his summers doing fieldwork along the coast of Maine, the setting for Bonnie the Friendship Sloop.