ROADSIDE GEOLOGY OF CONNECTICUT AND RODE ISLAND: Roadside Geology Series

Connecticut and Rhode Island may be small, but they contain some of the most interesting geology on earth: 1.2-billion-year-old rocks, parts of at least six former continents, volcanic island chains, and the footprints of dinosaurs.

James W. Skehan's Roadside Geology of Connecticut and Rhode Island, from the acclaimed Roadside Geology series, now brings these ancient worlds to life. With 20 road guides, complete with maps, diagrams, and more than 100 color photographs, Roadside Geology of Connecticut and Rhode Island locates and explains the rocks and landforms visible from the states' highways and at nearby parks and historic sites.

Readers will discover "stretched" pebbles at Purgatory Chasm, folded marble at Kent Falls State Park, dinosaur footprints at Dinosaur State Park, and glacial moraines protruding from the waters of Block Island and Long Island Sounds.

James W. Skehan is a professor emeritus in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Boston College and a director emeritus of Weston Observatory. He holds a doctorate in geology form Harvard University as well as a master's in theology from Weston College. As a Jesuit priest and geologist, he actively promotes dialogue between scientists and theologians. In 2002 he was honored to have Skehanos quadrangularis, a trilobite that lived 505 million years ago, named for him. Skehan is the author of Roadside Geology of Massachusetts (out of print) as well as many other books and articles.