A Field Guide To Fossils Of Texas

Author : Charles Finsley
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 0891230440
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to Fossils of Texas written by Charles Finsley and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Field Guide to Fossils of Texas is the only definitive guide that presents a collection of the state's most common fossils and also shows the most important, noteworthy, and unusual specimens.

Author : Matthews William H.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783337464837
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Texas Fossils written by Matthews William H. and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bob Gale
Publisher : Wormsloe Foundation Nature Boo
ISBN 13 : 9780820357324
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Beachcomber's Guide to Fossils written by Bob Gale and published by Wormsloe Foundation Nature Boo. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of years before humans began visiting Atlantic and Gulf coast beaches, amazing creatures roamed this region. They are gone now but left behind fossil treasures you can pick up today. A Beachcomber's Guide to Fossils uses hundreds of color close-up photos and detailed descriptions to show you how to recognize these exciting finds. This field guide will help you uncover mysteries hiding among the seashells, sand, and driftwood. You'll learn to identify remnant bones and teeth from mammoths, sharks, armadillos, tortoises, and many other prehistoric giants.

Author : William H. Matthews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Texas Fossils written by William H. Matthews and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jewel Umberger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Texas Mineral and Fossil Locations written by Jewel Umberger and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roselle M. Girard
Publisher : anboco
ISBN 13 : 3736416490
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Texas Rocks and Minerals written by Roselle M. Girard and published by anboco. This book was released on 2016-09-25 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth's outer crust Geologists Time and rock units Geologic map What are rocks and minerals? Chemical elements Minerals Rocks Igneous rocks Extrusive or volcanic igneous rocks Intrusive igneous rocks Sedimentary rocks Soils Sedimentary rock materials in broken fragments Sedimentary rock materials in solution Cementing materials and chemical sediments Sedimentary rocks formed by plants and animals Metamorphic rocks Static metamorphism Contact metamorphism Dynamic metamorphism Occurrence and properties of minerals How minerals occur Crystalline minerals Crystals Imperfect crystals Amorphous minerals Some distinguishing properties of minerals Color Luster Transmission of light Hardness Streak or powder Cleavage Parting Fracture Specific gravity Effervescence in acid Some special occurrences of minerals Cave deposits Concretions Geodes Petrified wood Collecting rocks and minerals Rock and mineral identification charts How to use the mineral identification charts Key to mineral identification charts Mineral identification charts How to use the rock identification charts Rock identification charts Descriptions of some Texas rocks and minerals Anhydrite Asbestos Barite Basalt Calcite Cassiterite Celestite Cinnabar Clay Copper minerals (chalcocite, chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite) Dolomite Feldspar Fluorite Galena Garnet Gneiss Gold Granite Graphite Gypsum Halite Hematite Limestone Limonite Llanite Magnetite Manganese minerals (braunite, hollandite, pyrolusite) Marble Mica Obsidian and vitrophyre Opal Pegmatite Pyrite Quartz Quartzite Rhyolite Sand and sandstone Schist Serpentine Shale Silver minerals (argentite, cerargyrite, native silver) Sulfur Talc and soapstone Topaz Tourmaline Uranium minerals (carnotite, uranophane, pitchblende) Volcanic ash (pumicite) Composition, hardness, and specific gravity of some Texas minerals Books about rocks and minerals Nontechnical books for beginners Textbooks and other reference books Selected references on Texas rocks and minerals

Author : W. Scott Persons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781550179101
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to Fossils written by W. Scott Persons and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-08 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An informative and durable folding guide to fossils, including dinosaur bones, ammonites, shark teeth and more.

Author : Gregory S. Paul
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400883148
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs written by Gregory S. Paul and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully updated and expanded new edition of the acclaimed, bestselling dinosaur field guide The bestselling Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs remains the must-have book for anyone who loves dinosaurs, from amateur enthusiasts to professional paleontologists. Now extensively revised and expanded, this dazzlingly illustrated large-format edition features some 100 new dinosaur species and 200 new and updated illustrations, bringing readers up to the minute on the latest discoveries and research that are radically transforming what we know about dinosaurs and their world. Written and illustrated by acclaimed dinosaur expert Gregory Paul, this stunningly beautiful book includes detailed species accounts of all the major dinosaur groups as well as nearly 700 color and black-and-white images—skeletal drawings, "life" studies, scenic views, and other illustrations that depict the full range of dinosaurs, from small feathered creatures to whale-sized supersauropods. Paul's extensively revised introduction delves into dinosaur history and biology, the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs, the origin of birds, and the history of dinosaur paleontology, as well as giving a taste of what it might be like to travel back in time to the era when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Now extensively revised and expanded Covers nearly 750 dinosaur species, including scores of newly discovered ones Provides startling new perspectives on the famed Brontosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Features nearly 700 color and black-and-white drawings and figures, including life studies, scenic views, and skull and muscle drawings Includes color paleo-distribution maps and a color time line Describes anatomy, physiology, locomotion, reproduction, and growth of dinosaurs, as well as the origin of birds and the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs

Author : Mark McKinzie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692506134
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Color Guide to Pennsylvanian Fossils of North Texas written by Mark McKinzie and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-19 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full-color guide to the identification of Pennsylvanian fossils of north Texas.

Author : Bruce J. Welton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Collector's Guide to Fossil Sharks and Rays from the Cretaceous of Texas written by Bruce J. Welton and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: