Geology and Our National Parks: Lessons in Earth Science - Paperback

by Patrick Nurre (Author)

This is a wonderful way to study some of the national parks and monuments of the US National Park system Each park or monument represents a different area of geological study, so while you get a grand overview of these parks, you also get a study of one particular area of geology with each location. And it is all done from a young Earth, global Flood perspective.

This book covers 29 United States national parks and monuments, including:

• Yellowstone Natinal Park (our restless earth)
• Petrified Forest National Park, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Fossil Butte National Monument, Badlands National Monument ( fossils, preservation, and petrification)
• Mt. Rainier and Mt. Lassen National Parks, (stratovolcanoes and andesite)
• Yosemite National Park (glaciers and the Ice Age)
• Grand Teton National Park (orogeny)
• The five national parks of Utah (Bryce, Canyonlands, Zion, Capitol Reef, Arches (erosion)
• Crater Lake National Park and Newberry Volcano/Caldera National Monument (calderas and rhyolite)
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Capulin Volcano National Minument, El Maloais National Monument, and Lava Beds National Monument (basalt behavior)
• Glacier National Park (Global warming and climate change: is there a difference?)
• Grand Canyon National Park (deposition and transportation, the power of water)
• North Cascades National Park (rock types and what has been observed)
• Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument (interpretive frameworks and biases)
• Dinosaur National Monument (dinosaurs and the Flood)
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Mammoth Caves National Park (caves and chemistry)

The text also includes special sections on understanding deism, and radiometric dating.

Each lesson contains thought questions. A final exam with answers included.

Paperback; full color; over 300 photos, charts and illustrations; 198 pages.