The Topographic Map Mystery:
Geology’s Unrecognized Paradigm Problem
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Understanding United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic map drainage system and erosional landform evidence is critical if North America’s glacial history (and middle and late Cenozoic geologic history) is to be understood, but the geological research community for decades has ignored that topographic map evidence and today has no clue as to what story the topographic map drainage system and erosional landform evidence is patiently waiting to tell. To modify a famous quote there are some things geology research community members know, there are some things geology research community members know they do not know, and there are some things geology research community members do not know that the geology research community does not know, and among those latter things is geology research community members do not know that the geology research community does not know what the well-mapped USGS topographic map drainage system and erosional landform evidence has to say. The topographic map mystery is: does detailed topographic map drainage system and erosional landform evidence tell the Cenozoic geology and glacial history the geology research community describes or does that topographic map evidence tell a different Cenozoic geology and glacial history which someday will force the geology research community to rewrite many of its now commonly accepted Cenozoic geology and glacial history interpretations? This book illustrates examples of topographic map drainage system and erosional landform evidence the geology research community’s accepted Cenozoic geology and glacial history paradigm cannot satisfactorily explain and briefly describes a new and fundamentally different Cenozoic geology and glacial history paradigm which does explain that topographic map evidence.
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Understanding drainage system and erosional landforms origins is critical if geologists want to properly describe North America’s Cenozoic geology and glacial history and United States Geologic Survey topographic maps provide well-mapped but mostly ignored and unexplained or poorly explained drainage system and erosional landform evidence. The Topographic Map Mystery: Geology’s Unrecognized Paradigm Problem illustrates dozens of examples of unexplained and poorly explained topographic map drainage system and erosional landform features and explores what that mysterious map evidence is patiently waiting to say. Does the topographic map drainage system and erosional landform evidence support the geology research community’s frequently told Cenozoic geology and glacial history story or will the topographic map drainage system and erosional landform evidence–when finally understood–force the geology research community to completely rewrite its Cenozoic geology and glacial history?
About the Author
Eric Clausen is a geomorphologist specializing in the interpretation of topographic map drainage system and erosional landform evidence. He was trained at Columbia University and the University of Wyoming, spent many years as a geology faculty member at North Dakota's Minot State University, and currently lives and conducts topographic map drainage system and erosional landform research in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.