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Books
Vernon, R. H., 2000, Beneath Our Feet: The Rocks of Planet Earth. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 216 pp.
Gentile, R. J. 2015. Rocks and fossils of the central United States, with special emphasis on the greater Kansas City area. 2nd edition. University of Kansas, Department of Geology & Paleontological Institute, Special Publication 8, 221 pp.