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Plain, old, simple rocks provide evidence for how our planet looked throughout the long span of Earth history. Yavapai County and Arizona’s Central Highlands hold a plethora of rocks that reveal our area was once the site of equatorial seas, tropical river basins, and ancient mountain ranges that are now long gone. How is it that these landscapes, which disappeared hundreds of millions of years ago in some instances be resurrected? Through paleogeographic maps that are informed by the rocks exposed on the surface today. Take a trip back in time with geologist and author Wayne Ranney, a former professor of geology at Yavapai College.
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Wayne Ranney
With a lifelong passion for Southwestern landscapes, Wayne Ranney serves as a lecturer and geologic interpreter on various natural history expeditions and leads trips for Smithsonian Journeys and National Geographic across the globe. He is a former professor of geology at Yavapai College but there is nothing he enjoys more than teaching in an outdoor setting where landscapes can be observed and experienced firsthand. He has completed about 100 river trips in Grand Canyon. Wayne is also an award-winning author who has written for numerous magazines. However, he is perhaps best known for his books, Carving Grand Canyon, Sedona Through Time and Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau. Wayne lives in Flagstaff with his wife Helen and enjoys road trips, hiking, river running, photography, and anything that allows him to get outside in the Arizona landscape.
