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Special Problems with Sedimentary Rocks
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Figure 3.9
The Black Hills
area of South
Dakota is a
classic dome
that illustrates
many geological
relationships
including
hogbacks,
metamorphic rock
close to a granite
intrusion, and
escalation of
erosion from uplift.
The width of the
dome is about
70 km (45 miles).
(USGS
Guidebook 25, Int.
Geol. Congress,
1933.)

Further Reading
Jackson, Donald D. (1982). Underground Worlds. Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Va.
Jackson, Julia A., ed. (1997). Glossary of Geology, 4th ed. American Geological Institute,
Alexandria, Va.
Kehew, Alan E. (1995). Geology for Engineers and Environmental Scientists, 2nd ed.
Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Martinez, J. D., Johnson, K. S., and Neal, J. T. ( 1997). ‘‘Sinkholes in Evaporite Rocks.’’
American Scientist, 86(1), 38–51.
Miller, Russell (1983). Continents in Collision. Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Va.
Way, Douglas S., and Everett, John R. (1997). Ch. 3, ‘‘Landforms and Geology,’’ in
Manual of Photographic Interpretation, 2nd ed. American Society for Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Md.

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