Granite And Grit A Walkers Guide To The Geology Of British Mountains - Ronald Turnbull
KORTE INHOUD
A celebration of British geology - the most varied of any country in the world - from the perspective of a climber and hillwalker.
This book is a celebration in words and pictures of what its mountains are made of, and how they got there. This in turn determines what they're like to climb, scramble on, or walk over.
Britain has the most varied geology of any country in the world. This book is a celebration in words and pictures of what its mountains are made of and how they got there — which, in turn, determines what they're like to climb, scramble on, or walk over. Why is Skiddaw slate so slippery? Why is gritstone so difficult? Why is Lakeland so picturesque, but the granite lands so grim and forbidding? Geology is destiny, whether it's the rubbishy nature of gullies and screes, the sculpting of valleys by ice, or the landslip weirdness of Quiraing on the Isle of Skye. British mountains contain many interesting and different ingredients: gneiss and granite and gabbro; limestone and sandstone; schist and slate...
This book is a celebration in words and pictures of what its mountains are made of, and how they got there. This in turn determines what they're like to climb, scramble on, or walk over.
Britain has the most varied geology of any country in the world. This book is a celebration in words and pictures of what its mountains are made of and how they got there — which, in turn, determines what they're like to climb, scramble on, or walk over. Why is Skiddaw slate so slippery? Why is gritstone so difficult? Why is Lakeland so picturesque, but the granite lands so grim and forbidding? Geology is destiny, whether it's the rubbishy nature of gullies and screes, the sculpting of valleys by ice, or the landslip weirdness of Quiraing on the Isle of Skye. British mountains contain many interesting and different ingredients: gneiss and granite and gabbro; limestone and sandstone; schist and slate...
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2011Uitgever: Frances Lincoln208 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 071123180XISBN-13: 9780711231801Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Interessant boek dat op toegankelijke en geïllustreerde wijze veel uitleg geeft over de verschillende steensoorten die je tijdens wandelingen in Groot Brittanië, maar evengoed op andere locaties, tegen kunt komen. Zeker voor zogenaamde 'hikers' een aanrader, omdat dit de beleving van het landschap absoluut een grote meerwaarde geeft!
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