3 edition of Rough-hewn land found in the catalog.
Rough-hewn land
Keith Heyer Meldahl
Published
2011
by University of California Press in Berkeley
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Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-279) and index.
| Statement | Keith Heyer Meldahl |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | QE79 .M45 2011 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xviii, 296 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 296 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL25131624M |
| ISBN 10 | 9780520259355 |
| LC Control Number | 2011026058 |
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4 quotes from Keith Meldahl: 'Earth processes that seem trivially slow in human time can accomplish stunning work in geologic time. Let the Colorado River erode its bed by 1/th of an inch each year (about the thickness of one of your fingernails.) Multiply it by six million years, and you’ve carved the Grand Canyon.
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