Banff National Park: How Nature Carved Its Splendour

For anyone who sees earth's beauty, and wonders what made it so, this is a wonderful book. Weave your way through Banff National Park, using geological formations as guideposts to the history of earth. Imagine the tremendous forces that created the scenery before your eyes; glaciers, huge thrusted mountain belts, glacial valleys and lakes, waterfalls, and hot springs. Also look at the minutia, the marine fossils that are held within the mountain rock. Issued by the Geological Survey of Canada, it is a guide to understanding, and in that a revering of one of nature's most beautiful places. It is easy to read for the non-geologist, and contains many pictures, a fold out map, and an index. It is also small enough to be easily carried in a backpack.