The Finger Lakes Region

by O.D. Von Engeln

Book Overview

The extraordinary beauty of the Finger Lakes region is well known to its residents and to the many tourists who explore it each year. What is not so well known is the region's unique geology. Its distinctive features are the results of a singular combination of structural units and forces that operated thousands of years ago, when successive advances of the Ice Age continental glaciers thrust their fronts against escarpments extending across their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801495016
• ISBN13: 9780801495014
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

super book

this is a very beautiful book to get to know one of the most fabulous regions of the country.

Finger Lakes Region Geology Explained

I found Dr. von Engeln's text to be incredibly informative on this enigmatic subject. Thousands of people visit the Finger Lakes region annually for it's beautiful lakes and abundant wineries, but few know how the region came to be. Dr. von Engeln has filled that gap nicely.