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Acid Rain and Our Nation's Capital: A Guide to Effects on Buildings and Monuments
This 35-page booklet focuses on acid rain and its impact on our Nation's capital. The booklet defines acid rain, explains what effects it has on marble and limestone buildings, and shows through a walking tour, some of the places in our Nation's capital where you can see the impact of acid precipitation. 94-0051
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Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images
This 24-page booklet illustrates various USGS aerial photography and remotely sensed products. 96-0011
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Agate Fossil Beds
Produced by National Park Service's Division of Publication, this book provides a glimpse of that time, long before the arrival of man, when now-extinct creatures roamed the land which we know today as Nebraska.
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Building Stones of Our Nation's Capital
This 36-page booklet describes the source and appearance of many of the stones used in building Washington, D.C. A map and a walking guide are included. 94-0030
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Collecting Rocks
Learn about different types of rocks and how to identify and collect them.
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Deserts: Geology and Resources
This 60-page booklet describes various types of deserts, including extraterrestrial deserts, illustrates various desert features and eolian (wind) processes, and discusses the use of remote sensing in studying deserts and the process of desertification. 94-0041
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Dinosaurs: Facts and Fiction
This 10-page leaflet answers a series of basic questions on dinosaurs, such as "Where did dinosaurs live?" and "Why did dinosaurs grow so big?" References are also included. 93-0020
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Earthquakes
This 20-page booklet explains the nature and causes of earthquakes. Describes techniques used to detect, record, measure, and predict seismic disturbances. 94-0050
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Elevations and Distances
This 15-page booklet provides tables of information covering elevations of features and distance between points in the United States. 93-0090
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Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes: Past, Present, and Future
This 54-page booklet focuses on the volcanic history of the Hawaiian Islands, with dramatic color photographs and diagrams and informative text on Hawaii's active shield volcanoes -- Mauna Loa and Kilauea. $4.50, 92-HAWV
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Eruptions of Mount St. Helens: Past, Present, and Future
This 56-page booklet highlights the eruptive history of this composite volcano, reviews its activity since its awakening in 1980, and speculates about its behavior in the future. $4.25, 92-MTSTH
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Fire and Mud: Eruptions and Lahars of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines
Know all about the eruption history, impacts of the eruption, rocks, and lahars of Mt. Mount Pinatubo, Philippines.
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Fossils, Rocks, and Time
This 24-page booklet explains the basics of how fossils are used in establishing time sequence in geology. Accompanies the poster, Fossils Through Time. 94-0054
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