Canyons of the Texas High Plains

No one captures Texas like Wyman Meinzer, whether his subject is its skies, weather, wildlife, rivers, or what lies below the skyline of his native West Texas. Here, in this gem of a portfolio, are fifty vistas of those geological wonders that have fascinated artists, writers, and musicians from around the world for centuries and continue to hold spellbound a half million visitors annually. Through Meinzer's eye the reader beholds the change of seasons beneath the Palisaded Plains skyline in Palo Duro, Tule, Caprock, and Cita Canyons.

Summary

Offers an appreciation of the topographic majesty of the Permian Red Beds that 230 to 280 million years ago lay below a shallow sea and through subsequent millennia and riverine deposit, erosion, and redeposit would gain variegated walls and formations of gray, yellow, maroon, and orange shown most conspicuously in the lovely Spanish Skirts.

Product details

• Authors: Wyman Meinzer, Frederick Rathjen, Frederick W. Rathjen
• Assisted by: Wyman Meinzer (Photographs)
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2001
• EAN: 9780896724631
• ISBN: 978-0-89672-463-1
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 217 mm x 197 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 290 g
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works