The Geology of Mississippi by Dockery, David T.

The Geology of Mississippi

The Geology of Mississippi is an encyclopedic work by authors with extensive experience in Mississippi's surface geology...
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Author: David T. Dockery
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Language: English
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The Geology of Mississippi by Dockery, David T.

The Geology of Mississippi

$302.00

The Geology of Mississippi

$302.00
Author: David T. Dockery
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The Geology of Mississippi is an encyclopedic work by authors with extensive experience in Mississippi's surface geology mapping program. It brings together published work, unpublished work from agency files, and the authors' experience, both in personal field work and in collaboration with experts from around the world.

With over a thousand images, the voluminous text relates ways in which Mississippi's geology has contributed to the understanding of global events, such as the extinction of the dinosaurs and the first occurrence of tiny primates. Fossil illustrations include Devonian trilobites, Mississippian scale trees, Pennsylvanian brachiopods, Cretaceous dinosaur bones, Paleocene lignite and petrified wood, Eocene seashells and the excavation of fossil whales, Oligocene marine fossils and rare land mammal finds, Miocene plants and animals, Paleozoic marine fossils, and the bones of giant ice-age mammals. The text is arranged by geologic age.

Economic minerals cited in the book include oil and gas (both methane and carbon dioxide), lignite, dimension stone, crushed stone, sand and gravel, various clay deposits, limestone, and potential economic deposits of bauxite, heavy minerals, and iron ore. Groundwater is Mississippi's most valuable natural resource and supplies over ninety percent of the state's public and industrial water supply and most of the state's irrigation supply for agriculture and catfish ponds. Mississippi's surface geology causes the state's fertile and not-so-fertile soil types responsible for foundation and infrastructure substrates that range from stable to failure-prone due to expansive clays. Finally, The Geology of Mississippi, coupled with site-specific surface geologic maps, provides information for the wise use of land and the environmental protection of the state's resources.

Author: David T. Dockery, David E. Thompson
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi/Mississippi D
Published: 04/08/2016
Pages: 692
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 7.40lbs
Size: 11.20h x 8.80w x 2.10d
ISBN: 9781496803139

About the Author
David T. Dockery III is a registered professional geologist and the Surface Geology Division Director for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. His work has appeared in Mississippi Geology, Palaios, Nature, Paläontologie, and Compass, among other publications. David E. Thompson is a registered professional geologist and supervising geologist in the Surface Geology Division at the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. His work has appeared in Geological Society of America, Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, and Mississippi Geology, among others publications.


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