Colossal cataract:  the geologic history of Niagara Falls. Edited by Irving H. Tesmer
Contributors: Tesmer, I.H.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Niagara Falls
Notes: CONTENTS:

Introduction. Location, setting, accessibility -- History of geological observations -- 
The geologic past. Historical geology -- Niagara rock strata -- Silurian fossils of the Niagara Frontier -- Quaternary geology -- Ancient Niagara River gravels and their fossils -- Structural geology -- 
Present dynamics of Niagara -- 
Future of Niagara Falls -- 
Detailed stratigraphy -- 
Silurian paleontology -- 
Depositional environments and fossil distribution -- 
Appendix A : road guide to points of interest -- 
Appendix B : museum exhibits -- 
Appendix C : Niagara statistics -- 
Appendix D : subsurface stratigraphy -- 
Glossary.