Michael Collier (2)

Author of Over the Mountains (An Aerial View of Geology)

For other authors named Michael Collier, see the disambiguation page.

About the Author

Michael Collier is a freelance writer and photographer based in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he is also a family-practice physician. He has contributed photographs and essays to numerous publications, including National Geographic Traveler, Sunset, and Pacific Discovery.

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An Aerial View of Geology

Works by Michael Collier

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Over the Mountains (An Aerial View of Geology) (2007) 45 copies, 1 review

An Introduction to Grand Canyon Geology (1980) 43 copies

An introduction to the geology of Death Valley (1990) 32 copies

A Land in Motion: California's San Andreas Fault (1999) 31 copies, 1 review

Over the Coasts: An Aerial View of Geology (2009) 23 copies

Over the Rivers (An Aerial View of Geology) (2008) 23 copies

The geology of Denali National Park (1989) 15 copies

Sculpted by Ice: Glaciers and the Alaskan Landscape (2004) 15 copies

Dams and rivers: A primer on the downstream effects of dams (U.S. Geological Survey circular) (1996) 10 copies

Arizona: A View from Above (1990) 9 copies

Water, Earth, and Sky: The Colorado River Basin (1999) 8 copies

Floods, Droughts, and Climate Change (2002) 7 copies

The Geology of Capitol Reef National Park (1987) 6 copies

The Melting Edge: Alaska at the Frontier of Climate Change (2011) 3 copies

Homeland (Plateau Journal: Land and Peoples of the Colorado Plateau, Vol 8/1) (2004) 2 copies

The Colorado Plateau: Photographs by Parker and Hildegard Hamilton 1 copy

Dams and Rivers: Primer on the Downstream Effects of Dams 1 copy

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The Mountains Know Arizona: Images of the Land and Stories of Its People (2003) — Photographer — 11 copies

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Gender: male
Education: Northern Arizona University (BS, Geology)
Stanford University (MS, Structural Geology)
University of Arizona (MD)
Occupations: geologist
photographer
pilot
physician
Places of residence: Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
Associated Place (for map): Arizona, USA

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dchaikin 1,252 reviews

Over the Mountains: An Aerial View of Geology by Michael Collier

Startlingly beautiful aerial photography of various mountain ranges in the US. Collier's theme is geology, which makes this book kind of special, a different from just a bunch of pretty pictures.

The text includes an abbreviated introduction to geology and mountain building. It has a nice structure where different tectonic regimes are defined briefly, and then followed by photographs from these regimes as the exist in the lower 48 states and Alaska.

The text is limited. I was left wishing show more for fuller descriptions of the geology and other aspects of each picture. But that's a mixed criticism; it's beyond the scope here, and it points out that the pictures got me thinking. The photography is highlight. show less

Jun 29, 2008

GeneHunter 307 reviews

A Land in Motion: California's San Andreas Fault by Michael Collier