Author: Robert C. Thomas
Illustrator: Chelsea M. Feeney
Every vista in Montana tells a geologic story, and in Montana Rocks! author Rob Thomas selects sixty of the very best geologic sites to reveal how the Big Sky state’s landscapes were built, reshaped, and transformed over time.
Each carefully chosen stop is a geologic time capsule, brought to life with beautiful photographs and clear maps and illustrations that shed light on crucial details. The sites are organized chronologically, inviting armchair readers and travelers alike to journey through the state’s geologic history from some of the world’s oldest rocks on the Beartooth Plateau to recent rockfalls in the state’s biggest city, Billings.
With this book in hand, visit a nesting ground of dinosaurs, an earthquake-triggered landslide, volcanic rocks from a fiery eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano, and thrust faults that carried entire mountains over younger rocks, bringing Montana’s long and complex geologic history into focus.
About the Author:
Robert C. Thomas is a Professor of Geology in the Environmental Sciences Department at the University of Montana Western in Dillon. He has authored or coauthored more than 75 publications, including Roadside Geology of Montana and Roadside Geology of Yellowstone Country. As a field geoscientist, he engages students in real projects designed to benefit society and the environment. His personal passions are family, mountain recreation, and playing guitar around a campfire.
Chelsea M. Feeney was raised at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in central Virginia and received a BS in geosciences from Virginia Tech. Her geologic pursuits led her to the Northwest where she earned her MS in geology from the University of Montana and published her first map through the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. She has been producing geologic maps and figures for Mountain Press Publishing Company and GSA since 2009 and owns her own custom cartography business (www.cmcfeeney.com). Chelsea lives in Moscow, Idaho, with her husband Dennis, a fellow geologist, and their two children.
Published: 6/9/26
ISBN: 9780813741277
Pages: 160
Dimensions: 9 x 8.375
Format: Paperback
Product Code: 397-GRKMT
Product Category: Geology Rocks!
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