{"title":"Iowa","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIowa’s rolling hills and river valleys were shaped by glaciers and ancient seas. Discover Jurassic period sedimentation in gypsum at Fort Dodge in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e101 American Geo-Sites You've Gotta See\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"3412\" data-end=\"3424\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"392-nstfos","title":"101 American Fossil Sites You've Gotta See","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/strong\u003eAlbert B. Dickas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamining in detail at least one amazing fossil site in every state, Albert Dickas clearly explains the critters preserved in the rocks, from sharks and rhinoceroses to trilobites and horn corals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt some sites, you can sift through the shale in search of fossils to keep; at other sites, you can watch professionals excavate museum-quality specimens. The entertaining introduction discusses the history of paleontology, including nineteenth-century arguments about the age of Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDickas also provides a short history of life on Earth, from microbes in 3-billion-year-old chert to massive mammals of the Pleistocene ice ages. Contained within the last 541 million years are the Cambrian explosion, the age of crinoids, and five mass extinctions, including the one that wiped out the dinosaurs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis compendium of 101 fossil sites is the companion volume to the hugely popular \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.geosociety.org\/products\/370-nstusgeo?_pos=3\u0026amp;_sid=fe9056524\u0026amp;_ss=r\" title=\"link to 101 american geo-sites\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e101 American Geo-Sites You've Gotta See\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, published in 2012. Amply illustrated with photographs and written in a clear yet playful prose, \u003cem\u003e101 American Fossil Sites You've Gotta See\u003c\/em\u003e will entertain and inform amateur and seasoned fossil buffs, whether from an armchair or in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This book is a useful collection of information presented in a concise, well-illustrated form.\" \u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eCallan Bentley, Mountain Beltway, AGU Blogosphere\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eBorn in Ohio, Albert B. Dickas earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Miami University (Oxford, OH). After serving in the US Navy, he obtained a PhD at Michigan State University, then worked in the petroleum industry for awhile before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where he taught for thirty-one years and founded an environmental research center. Today he lives on the crest of Brush Mountain in southwest Virginia, where he continues to engage in research and plan travel excursion in his quest for new and interesting geo-sites on all seven continents. He is the author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.geosociety.org\/products\/370-nstusgeo?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=1aafe3d19\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e101 American Geo-Sites You’ve Gotta See\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as well as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.geosociety.org\/products\/387-grkva?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=0ce141318\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVirginia \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.geosociety.org\/products\/387-grkva?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=0ce141318\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRocks! A Guide to Geologic Sites in the Old Dominion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.geosociety.org\/products\/376-grkoh?_pos=3\u0026amp;_sid=269c7dec9\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOhio Rocks!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePub Date: \u003c\/strong\u003e3\/10\/2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780878426812\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages: \u003c\/strong\u003e254\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e8.375 x 9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Code: \u003c\/strong\u003e392-NSTFOS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Category: \u003c\/strong\u003eGeneral Interest\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46519816454373,"sku":"392-nstfos","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/4070\/8325\/files\/392-NSTFOS_309ae4dd-c934-4c1a-bf71-0cb23e74b1a9.png?v=1748360109"},{"product_id":"370-nstusgeo","title":"101 American Geo-Sites You've Gotta See","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/strong\u003eAlbert B. Dickas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRocks racing across a lakebed in Death Valley. Perfectly preserved 36-million-year-old tsetse flies in Colorado. Dinosaur trackways cemented into ancient floodplains in Connecticut. A gaping rift in the Idaho desert. What do these enigmatic geologic phenomena have in common? Besides initiating a profusion of head-scratching over the years, these sites of geologic wonder appear side by side, for the first time, in a single publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamining in detail at least one amazing site for all fifty states, Albert Dickas clearly explains the geologic forces behind each one's origin in \u003ci\u003e101 Geologic Sites You've Gotta See\u003c\/i\u003e. Dickas discusses not only iconic landforms such as Devil's Tower in Wyoming but also locales that are often overlooked yet have fascinating stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsider the Reelfoot scarp in Tennessee: to the casual observer it is nothing more than a slight rise in a farm field. Yet this subtle slope represents a rift formed during an 1812 earthquake that forced the mighty Mississippi to flow upstream. Or Louisiana's unassuming, low-lying Avery Island, which actually caps an 8.5-mile-high column of salt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmply illustrated with full-color photographs and illustrations and written in clear yet playful prose, \u003ci\u003e101 Geologic Sites You've Gotta See\u003c\/i\u003e will entertain and inform amateur and seasoned geology buffs whether from an armchair or in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This will change your vacation plans.... Geology is a force so huge we don't see it. Yet evenly spread across the US (at least one in each state) are spots where planetary behavior is made visible, erupting in either grand spectacle or in tiny gems on the ground.... What bigger vacation can one imagine than inspecting 101 sites where you can see inside the Earth? ...Use this guide to find them and interpret their incredible hidden significance.\" \u003cspan\u003e—KK.org (Cool Tools) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eBorn in Ohio, Albert B. Dickas earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Miami University (Oxford, OH). After serving in the US Navy, he obtained a PhD at Michigan State University, then worked in the petroleum industry for awhile before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where he taught for thirty-one years and founded an environmental research center. 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