CONTENTS
Donald E. Trimble
Introduction
1
What is the Great Plains?
5
The Great Plains—its parts
7
Early history
10
Warping and stream deposition
11
Sculpturing the land
18
Landforms of today—The surface features of the Great Plains
19
Black Hills
20
Central Texas Uplift
22
Raton Section
23
High Plains
25
Missouri Plateau
32
Preglacial Drainage
33
Glaciated Missouri Plateau
33
Unglaciated Missouri Plateau
36
The Colorado Piedmont
42
Pecos Valley
45
Edwards Plateau
46
Plains Border Section
48
Epilogue
49
Acknowledgments
49
Some source references
50
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