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Geology Newsletter- 1991, Department Of Geology
Geology Newsletter- 1991, Department Of Geology
Geological and Environmental Sciences News
Vol.1, No. 16
- Core Research Lab
- Faculty News
- Service Staff News
- Alumni/ Friends/ Former Faculty Notes
- 1991 Speakers Program
- New Alumni
- Awards and Scholarships
- Geology Club
Earth News, Fall 1991, Department Of Earth Science, University Of Northern Iowa.
Earth News, Fall 1991, Department Of Earth Science, University Of Northern Iowa.
Earth News
Inside this issue:
--- Year in Review
--- Staff News
--- Graduations, Awards, and Recognitions, 1991
--- Department of Earth Science Seminars Spring 1991
--- Department of Earth Science Seminars Fall 1992
--- News from Alumni
--- Seasons Greetings from the Department of Earth Science
Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology
Ua66/8/3 Geogram, Wku Geography & Geology
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by and about the WKU Geography & Geology highlighting activities of faculty, students and alumni.
Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology
Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology
WKU Archives Records
Annual report created by and about WKU Geography & Geology.
Plate Tectonics, Space, Geologic Time, And The Great Plains: A Primer For Non-Geologists, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.
Plate Tectonics, Space, Geologic Time, And The Great Plains: A Primer For Non-Geologists, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
For most Americans, "The Great Plains" evokes images of grasslands, dust storms, prairie fires, Native Americans on horseback, cowboys and wheat lands, and perhaps flat valleys crossed by braided rivers carrying a heavy load of sand and gravel, extremes of weather, and a climate typified by an alternation of droughts and wetter periods. Geologists picture such general images, too, but they also see radical changes in the landscape over periods expressed in millions rather than hundreds of years. Geologically speaking, human activities on the Great Plains are too recent to have much of a place in the broad geologic history …