Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country

by Marc Hendrix

Although it�s also known for for wolves, bison, and stunning scenery, Yellowstone National Park was established as the world�s first national park in 1872 largely because of its geological wonders. In Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country , author and geologist Marc Hendrix takes you to over twenty sites in the park and surrounding region that illustrate the deep-time story of Yellowstone Country, from its early existence as a seafloor hundreds of millions of years ago to an earthquake swarm in 2008 that caused some folks to wonder if the Yellowstone Volcano was going to blow its top�again. Besides covering icons such as Old Faithful and Mammoth Hot Springs, Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country visits sites that are less well known but just as mind blowing, including outcrops of rock deposited by superfast incendiary flows of hot ash; the glacially sculpted grandeur of the Beartooth and Absaroka mountains witnessed along the Beartooth Highway; and the deadly Madison landslide that killed twenty-eight people in 1959. With prose tooled for the lay reader and a multitude of colorful photos and illustrations, Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country will help you read the landscape the way a geologist does.
The Geology Underfoot series encourages you to get out of your car for an up-close look at rocks and landforms. These books inform and enlighten, no matter how much�or how little�geology you already know. What�s more, they�re simply good reading, on-site or at home.

Genres: Science, Geology, Nonfiction, Outdoors

312 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2011

Reviews

[Bill Buckley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Purchased this book at Yellowstone Park on our trip in August 2022 with brother Jeff Buckley and friend and co worker Fred Gorham. Yellowstone is beautiful and fascinating. This book helped shed light on the geology of the region.

[Alt2ning · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well written, hugely informative book about the geology in and around Yellowstone Park. Done in vignettes, with directions for where to go to see the geologic evidence up close, it provides a path to see not only what happened to form Yellowstone, but also how geologists are able to figure it out. Occasionally, one might have wished for an outline of what is being covered, but that is a minor defect in an otherwise great book.

[Cathy Scholtens · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a fun nerdy book! If you are the least bit interested in geology, or have ever seen some rock formation and wondered "how did that happen?", this is the book for you! Head on over to Yellowstone fully informed and ready to increase your enjoyment ten-fold!

[Beca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative. :)