Under Ohio: The Story of Ohio's Rocks and Fossils Contributor(s): Barker, Charles Ferguson (Author) |
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ISBN: 0821421956 ISBN-13: 9780821421956 Publisher: Ohio University Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - General |
Dewey: 557.71 |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.3" W x 10.8" (0.50 lbs) 56 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Cultural Region - Midwest |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: There is much more for children to discover about Ohio than first meets the eye. Under Ohio: The Story of Ohio's Rocks and Fossils, by geologist Charles Ferguson Barker, takes young readers underground to reveal the fascinating story of Ohio's geology. Barker presents this story through colorful illustrations, sending his readers down the "Ohio Timepike" and back a billion years to when the earth under Ohio split, creating faults that cause the earthquakes felt today. He tells of colliding continents that pushed up mountains taller than the Rockies and of the tremendous impact of the Ice Age, which profoundly altered the landscape. He shows fossil coral and shells, evidence of the tropical seas that once covered the state. |