Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States: With Localities, Collecting Tips, and Illustrations of More than 450 Fossil Specimens - Couverture souple

Burns, Jasper

 
9780801841453: Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States: With Localities, Collecting Tips, and Illustrations of More than 450 Fossil Specimens
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0801841453 ISBN 13 : 9780801841453
Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991

Synopsis

"A fossil," writes Jasper Burns, "is first of all a thing of remarkable beauty. The sense of awe and exhilaration so many of us feel in the presence of the Ocean, or the Pyramids, or the Great Wall of China comes to me when I find a broken shell that's a million years oldNothing in nature can seem more mute than the stone impression of an organism whose kind disappeared half a billion years ago-yet almost nothing can be more eloquent if we have the ears to hear."

For most of his life Jasper Burns has been "hearing" the message of fossils. Drawn from this extensive experience, this book is both an introduction to the hobby of fossil collecting and a unique field guide to sites in the Mid-Atlantic region. The book is beautifully illustrated with the author's drawings of more than 450 fossil specimens and the sites where they can be found.

In all, Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States describes forty-six specific sites in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Each description includes:

• Precise directions to the site and a description of the most productive areas
• The name and geologic period of the rock formations containing fossils
• What to look for and how to find it
• Special hazards or problems
• A complete list of fossils identified at the site
• Detailed illustrations of the major specimens

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l'auteur

Aritist, writer, and illustrator Jasper Burns has been collecting fossils since 1958. He illustrated P.B.'s Quick Index to Bird Nesting; Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States is his first book.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Johns Hopkins University Press
Date d'édition
1991
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0801841453
ISBN 13 
9780801841453
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  0801841216 ISBN 13 :  9780801841217
Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991
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