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Fossils of Iowa : field guide to Paleozoic deposits / Robert Charles Wolf ; illustrated by Carol Ann Ratcliff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolf, Robert Charles, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleontology--Paleozoic.
- Paleontology.
- Fossils--Iowa.
- Fossils.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Open Road Distribution, 2016.
- Summary:
- The Fossils of Iowa field guide is written primarily for amateurs in geological exploration and collecting. Robert Wolf provides a comprehensive coverage of more than 150 sites in Iowa and adjacent areas of Minnesota and Nebraska with the types of fossils that can be found and precise directions. Excellent illustrations by Carol Ann Ratcliff aide in identification. For an update in site conditions and geological names since the book was first published contact the author at midnightwriter@frontiernet.net .
- Contents:
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Plates
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Precambrian and Cambrian Periods
- 3. Ordovician Period
- 4. Silurian Period
- 5. Devonian Period
- 6. Mississippian Period
- 7. Pennsylvanian Period: Desmoinesian and Morrowan Series
- 8. Pennsylvanian Period: Missourian Series
- 9. Pennsylvanian Period: Virgilian Series
- 10. Permian Period
- Plates
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright Page.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 13, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-5040-3278-0
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