| Shield Country: The Life and Times of the Oldest Piece of the Planet Contributor(s): Bastedo, Jamie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0889951918 ISBN-13: 9780889951914 Publisher: Red Deer Press OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2002 Annotation: The Canadian Shield is a distinct ecological region that forms the evergreen, granite-studded crown stretching across two-thirds of North America. In size, it approximates western Europe with one percent the number of people. A satellite view of the region on a winter's night shows tiny, widely scattered blips of light-islands of human settlement adrift in a sea of subarctic wilderness. In age, the shield's primeval bedrock dates to the beginning of earthly time. Shield Country unfolds a fascinating story of unrivaled Precambrian geology, of wild rivers and millions of pristine lakes, of an ecological junction where subarctic and arctic climates, plants, birds, and mammals weave a richly textured wilderness fabric. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology |
| Dewey: 508.714 |
| Series: Anthologies |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.73" W x 9.47" (1.30 lbs) 276 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Canadian Shield is a distinct ecological region that forms the evergreen, granite-studded crown stretching across two-thirds of North America. In size, it approximates western Europe with one percent the number of people. A satellite view of the region on a winter's night shows tiny, widely scattered blips of light-islands of human settlement adrift in a sea of subarctic wilderness. In age, the shield's primeval bedrock dates to the beginning of earthly time. Shield Country unfolds a fascinating story of unrivaled Precambrian geology, of wild rivers and millions of pristine lakes, of an ecological junction where subarctic and arctic climates, plants, birds, and mammals weave a richly textured wilderness fabric. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bastedo, Jamie: - Jamie Bastedo |