{"title":"Abbott, Lon","description":"Lon Abbott is a geology faculty member at the University of Colorado at Boulder whose recent research has focused on the cutting of the Grand Canyon and the formation of the Colorado Rockies. He received a bachelor’s degree in geology and geophysics from the University of Utah and a PhD in earth science from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he specialized in the study of mountain building. Lon’s research has taken him from remote mountain peaks in Papua New Guinea to a 15,000-foot-deep ocean trench near Costa Rica.","products":[{"product_id":"geology-underfoot-front-range","title":"Geology Underfoot Along Colorado's Front Range","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mountain-press.com\/collections\/abbott-lon\"\u003eLon Abbott\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mountain-press.com\/collections\/cook-terri\"\u003eTerri Cook\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe transition from the relatively flat Great Plains to the craggy peaks of Colorado’s Front Range is one of North America’s most abrupt topographical contrasts. The epic, 1,800-million-year geologic story behind this amazing landscape is even more awe inspiring. In \u003ci\u003eGeology Underfoot along Colorado’s Front Range\u003c\/i\u003e, the most recent addition to the Geology Underfoot series, authors (and geoscientists) Lon Abbott and Terri Cook narrate the Front Range’s tale, from its humble beginnings as a flat, nondescript seafloor through several ghostly incarnations as a towering mountain range.\u003cbr\u003eThe book’s 21 chapters, or vignettes, lead you to easily accessible stops along the Front Range’s highways and byways, where you’ll meet the apatosaur and other dinosaurs who roamed the floodplains and beaches that once covered the Front Range; look for diamonds in rare, out-of-the-way volcanic pipes; learn how America’s mountain, Pikes Peak, developed from molten magma miles below the surface only to become an important visual landmark for early Great Plains’ travelers; and walk the Gangplank, a singularly important plateau for both nineteenth-century westward expansion and our understanding of the Front Range’s most recent exhumation. \u003cbr\u003eA healthy dose of full-color illustrations and photos demystify the concepts put forth in the authors’ elegant, insightful prose. With \u003ci\u003eGeology Underfoot Along Colorado’s Front Range\u003c\/i\u003e in hand, you’ll feel like you’re traveling through time as you explore the Front Range’s hidden geologic treasures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e348 pages, 6 x 9, paperback\u003cbr\u003eItem 299, ISBN 978-0-87842-595-2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Geological Society of America\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mountain Press","offers":[{"title":"GU Colorado Front Range","offer_id":2513440178187,"sku":"299","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2470\/3250\/products\/9780878425952.jpg?v=1513369964"},{"product_id":"geology-underfoot-arizona","title":"Geology Underfoot in Northern Arizona","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mountain-press.com\/collections\/abbott-lon\"\u003eLon Abbott\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mountain-press.com\/collections\/cook-terri\"\u003eTerri Cook\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the plunging depths of the Grand Canyon to jagged volcanic peaks, from Sedona’s vibrant red rocks to the tapered slot of Antelope Canyon, \u003ci\u003eGeology Underfoot in Northern Arizona\u003c\/i\u003e introduces you to a land of contrasts. At twenty special sites in this timeless landscape, readers can see and sometimes touch evidence of an ancient supercontinent and colliding volcanic island arcs, mighty mountain ranges and tropical seas, thousand-foot sand dunes, a meteor with deep impact, swimming dilophosaurs, a spring that grows rock, and more.\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eGeology Underfoot\u003c\/i\u003e series encourages you to get out of your car for an up-close look at rocks and landforms. Books in the series inform, no matter how much geology you know. They’re also simply a good read, on-site or in the comfort of your home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e334 pages, 6 x 9, paperback\u003cbr\u003eItem 296, ISBN 978-0-87842-528-0\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Geological Society of America\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mountain Press","offers":[{"title":"GU N. Arizona","offer_id":2513443061771,"sku":"296","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2470\/3250\/products\/9780878425280.jpg?v=1513369969"}],"url":"https:\/\/mountain-press.com\/collections\/abbott-lon\/colorado-plateau.oembed","provider":"Mountain Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}