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By T. Scott Bryan

Arizona is a geologist’s playground, with a scientifically fascinating tale at the back of each rocky outcrop, dry playa, and glowing spring. Arizona Rocks! tells the tales of forty four of the simplest geologic websites within the country. not just will you know about recognized areas, similar to Barringer Meteorite Crater and Petrified wooded area nationwide Park, yet you’ll additionally observe lesser-known websites, together with Hopi Buttes, which shaped from steam-driven explosions; Peridot Mesa, the place gems from the Earth’s inside are came across, and Montezuma good, a limestone sinkhole with a perennial provide of water. abundant colour pictures praise the textual content, and maps aid get you the place try to be. Arizona Rocks! is the second one publication within the state-by-state Geology Rocks! sequence, which introduces readers to a few of the main compelling and available geologic websites in each one state.

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