Adventures through deep time : the central Mississippi River Valley and its earthquakes / by Roy Van Arsdale.

Author/creator VanArsdale, R. B.
Format Software
Publication InfoBoulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2009.
Descriptionvii, 107 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Subjects

SeriesSpecial paper ; 455
Special papers (Geological Society of America) 455. ^A20279
Contents Geologic history of the Central Mississippi River Valley area in a nutshell -- Precambrian rocks : foundation to the central Mississippi River Valley -- Late Proterozoic and early Cambrian rifting of the southeastern United States -- Paleozoic time in the Mississippi River Valley -- Appalachian-Ouachita mountains and their foreland basins -- Pangea rips apart : the formation of the Gulf of Mexico -- Cretaceous-tertiary formation of the Mississippi embayment and Mississippi River -- Sediments of the Mississippi embayment -- The central Mississippi River Valley and its great earthquakes of 1811-1812 -- What's next?
General noteAccompanying compact disc includes video animations supplementing chapters 3, 7, 8, and 9 of the printed volume, in .mpeg, .avi, and Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2009022013
ISBN9780813724553 (pbk.)
ISBN0813724554 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks QE78.7 .V36 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold