title: Roadside Geology of Montana (Roadside Geology Series)
author:  David D. Alt 
description: "Designed for reading at 55 mph on roads which have undergone some geological changes of their own, and liberally sprinkled with diagrams, maps and black-and-white photographs." --Missoulian
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  CATHY
  
  
  CONNOR
  
  
  
  
  
  2014
  
  
  Mountain Press Publishing Company
  
  
  Missoula, Montana
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  © 2014 by Cathy Connor
  
  
  First Printing, September 2014
  
  
  All rights reserved
  
  
  Cover image and maps constructed by Mountain Press Publishing Company Photos ©
  2014 by Cathy Connor unless otherwise credited
  
  
  BACK COVER PHOTOS
  
  
  Top: A braided delta in Kachemak Bay of Cook Inlet
  
  
  . —Mandy Lindeberg photo, NOAA, Alaska ShoreZone Program
  
  
  
  
  
  Middle: Redoubt Volcano erupting in 2009
  
  
  . —U.S. Geological Survey photo
  
  
  
  
  
  Bottom: Ice-smoothed surface of young basaltic columns at Punchbowl Cove in
  Misty Fjords National Monument
  
  
  . —Jim Baichtal photo, U.S. Forest Service
  
  
  
  
  
  Geology maps for individual road logs constructed from the Database of the
  Geologic Map of North America
  
  
  ; adapted by Garrity and Soller (2009) from the map by J. C. Reed, Jr., and
  others (2005)
  
  
  Roadside Geology is a registered trademark of Mountain Press Publishing
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