Canyons of the Texas High Plains
| Author | : Wyman Meinzer |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 102 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015059298516 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Canyons of the Texas High Plains by : Wyman Meinzer
Download or read book Canyons of the Texas High Plains written by Wyman Meinzer and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Framing Meinzer's work in elegant historic context, preeminent Panhandle historian Frederick W. Rathjen gives us a rare appreciation of the topographic majesty of the Periman Red Beds that 230 to 280 million years ago lay below a shallow sea and through subsequent millennia and riverine deposit, erosion, and redeposit would gain 'variegated walls and formations of gray, yellow, maroon, lavender and orange shown most conspicuously in the lovely Spanish Skirts."
