The Geologic Story of the Great Plains / A nontechnical description of the origin and evolution of the landscape of the Great Plains

by Donald E. Trimble

CONTENTS

[Introduction] 1 [What is the Great Plains?] 5 [The Great Plains—its parts] 7 [Early history] 10 [Warping and stream deposition] 11 [Sculpturing the land] 18 [Landforms of today—The surface features of the Great Plains] 19 [Black Hills] 20 [Central Texas Uplift] 22 [Raton Section] 23 [High Plains] 25 [Missouri Plateau] 32 [Preglacial Drainage] 33 [Glaciated Missouri Plateau] 33 [Unglaciated Missouri Plateau] 36 [The Colorado Piedmont] 42 [Pecos Valley] 45 [Edwards Plateau] 46 [Plains Border Section] 48 [Epilogue] 49 [Acknowledgments] 49 [Some source references] 50