Exploring the Land and Rocks of Southern Illinois: A Geological Guide

by C. William Horrell, Daniel Irwin, Stanley E. Harris, et al.

Book Overview

The geological story of the Southern Illinois landscape and rock formations is introduced in this highly readable guide written and illustrated for every­one who enjoys exploring the outdoors.


The book presents a lively and clear account of the geology and landscape of Southern Illinois that will deepen the reader's knowledge of the earth's past as well as serve as a handbook for excur­sions into the outdoors. Residents and visitors alike will learn to identify land­scape features created in the medium of sedimentary rocks and shaped by bed­rock geology, the dynamic local cli­mate, movements of the earth's crust, and circulations of groundwater. Photo­graphs and drawings provide visual examples of the landscape features dis­cussed, and small index maps simplify locating them by showing their princi­pal distribution. Many segments of topographic maps aid in identifying typical formations and associated land-forms.

Exploring the land and rocks, wheth­er on foot or by car or boat, increases in fascination through enriched under­standing of the story nature has left in the landscape. Nature's story in South­ern Illinois is superbly introduced in Exploring the Land and Rocks of Southern Illinois.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809307693
• ISBN13: 9780809307692
• Release Date: June 1977
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 10.0"