The Peak District
Landscape and Geology
This book is one of a popular and exciting series that seeks to tell the story of some of Britain's most beautiful landscapes. Written with the general reader - the walker, the lover of the countryside - firmly in mind, these pages open the door to a fascinating story of ancient oceans, deltas, mineralization and tundra landscapes. Over millions of years the rocks that now form the spectacular terrains of the White Peak and the Dark Peak were laid down on the floors of tropical seas and deformed by plate tectonics before being shaped by streams and rivers. The white limestone was fretted into its own distinctive landscape above hidden cave sy…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78500-875-7
- EAN: 9781785008757
- Produktnummer: 36024156
- Verlag: The Crowood Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Abbildungen: 217 colour photographs 15 maps 20 charts
Über den Autor
Tony Waltham is a geologist who has long studied limestone landscapes, above and below ground, whilst teaching a university in Nottingham. With the Peak District forming his nearest upland, he still loves to visit its sites and walk its hills and valleys.
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