Deep Time and the Texas High Plains: History and Geology

ISBN-10: 0896725529
ISBN-13: 9780896725522
Category: History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Pages: 141
Language: English
Published: 2005
Publisher: Grover E. Murray Studies in th
Author: Paul H. Carlson

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"Surveys the history and geologic past of the Texas High Plains and upper Brazos River region by focusing on human activity and adaptation and on shifting environmental conditions and animal resources on the Llano Estacado and in Yellow House Draw, the site of the current Lubbock Lake Landmark"--Provided by publisher.

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