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Stories in stone : travels through urban geology /
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | Paperback edition. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the 2019 Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; 1. "The Most Hideous Stone Ever Quarried"-New York Brownstone; 2. The Granite City-Boston Granite; 3. Poetry in Stone-Carmel Granite; 4. Deep Time in Minnesota-Minnesota Gneiss; 5. The Clam That Changed the World-Florida Coquina; 6. America's Building Stone-Indiana Limestone; 7. Pop Rocks, Pilfered Fossils, and Phillips Petroleum-Colorado Petrified Wood; 8. The Trouble with Michelangelo's Favorite Stone-Carrara Marble; 9. Reading, Writing, and Roofing-East Coast Slate
- 10. "Autumn 20,000 Years Ago"-Italian TravertineAcknowledgments; Geologic Time Scale for Building Stone; Glossary; Notes; Index