N. King Huber (1926–2007)
Autor de The Geologic Story of Yosemite National Park
Sobre El Autor
N. King Huber (1926-2007), Ph.D., Geologist Emeritus with the U.S. Geological Survey, mapped and studied the geology of the central Sierra Nevada for more than forty years
Créditos de la imagen: N. King Huber [credit: Mike Diggles/USGS]
Obras de N. King Huber
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Huber, N. King
- Nombre legal
- Huber, Norman King
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1926-01-14
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2007-02-24
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Duluth, Minnesota, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Mountain View, California, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Mountain View, California, USA
- Educación
- Northwestern University
Franklin and Marshall College - Ocupaciones
- geologist
- Organizaciones
- U.S. Geological Survey
Geological Society of America
United States Army (WWII) - Premios y honores
- U.S. Department of the Interior Meritorious Service Award
Miembros
Reseñas
Geologic Story of Isle Royale National Park por N. King Huber
Isle Royale is in Lake Superior, off of the Keewenaw Peninsula. They are composed of the same basic rock layers, but the middle between them is sunk down and covered with water. Most of the book details the layers, their formation and subsidence (sinking) that separated the island from the mainland, and its changes during the varying water levels during and after the Ice Age. The island is heavily eroded by glaciation and it can be clearly seen by any decent aerial photo. There is also a nice section on what are called Isle Royale Greenstones, which are technically not classical Pre-Cambrian Greenstones, but that is a matter of professional nomenclature (It is technically called Chlorastrolite...).… (más)
½Estadísticas
- Obras
- 9
- Miembros
- 80
- Popularidad
- #224,854
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 6
