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Page : pages
File Size : 48,60 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Geology
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Further Contributions to the Geology of the Sierra Nevada
Author : Henry Ward Turner
Publisher :
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Geology
ISBN :
The Auriferous Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California
Author : Josiah Dwight Whitney
Publisher :
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 43,52 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Geology
ISBN :
Geology of the Sierra Nevada
Author : Mary Hill
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 11,95 MB
Release : 2006-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520936949
Writing with verve and clarity, Mary Hill tells the story of the magnificent Sierra Nevada—the longest, highest, and most spectacular mountain range in the contiguous United States. Hill takes us from the time before the land which would be California even existed, through the days of roaring volcanoes, violent earthquakes, and chilling ice sheets, to the more recent history of the Sierra's early explorers and the generations of adventuresome souls who followed. The author introduces the rocks of the Sierra Nevada, which tell the mountains' tale, and explains how nature's forces, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, faulting, erosion, and glaciation formed the range's world-renowned scenery and mineral wealth, including gold. For thirty years, the first edition of Geology of the Sierra Nevada has been the definitive guide to the Sierra Nevada's geological history for nature lovers, travelers, hikers, campers, and armchair explorers. This new edition offers new chapters and sidebars and incorporates the concept of plate tectonics throughout the text. * Written in easy-to-understand language for a wide audience. * Gives detailed information on where to view outstanding Sierra Nevada geology in some of the world's most beloved natural treasures and national parks, including Yosemite. * Provides specific information on places to see glaciers and glacial deposits, caves, and exhibits of gold mines and mining equipment, many from Gold Rush times. * Superbly illustrated with 117 new color illustrations, 16 halftones, 39 line illustrations, and 12 maps, and also features an easy-to-use, interactive key for identifying rocks and a glossary of geological terms.
Geology of the Sierra Nevada
Author : Mary Hill
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 12,64 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520026988
Writing with verve and clarity, Mary Hill tells the story of the magnificent Sierra Nevada--the longest, highest, and most spectacular mountain range in the contiguous United States. Hill takes us from the time before the land which would be California even existed, through the days of roaring volcanoes, violent earthquakes, and chilling ice sheets, to the more recent history of the Sierra's early explorers and the generations of adventuresome souls who followed. The author introduces the rocks of the Sierra Nevada, which tell the mountains' tale, and explains how nature's forces, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, faulting, erosion, and glaciation formed the range's world-renowned scenery and mineral wealth, including gold. For thirty years, the first edition of Geology of the Sierra Nevada has been the definitive guide to the Sierra Nevada's geological history for nature lovers, travelers, hikers, campers, and armchair explorers. This new edition offers new chapters and sidebars and incorporates the concept of plate tectonics throughout the text. * Written in easy-to-understand language for a wide audience. * Gives detailed information on where to view outstanding Sierra Nevada geology in some of the world's most beloved natural treasures and national parks, including Yosemite. * Provides specific information on places to see glaciers and glacial deposits, caves, and exhibits of gold mines and mining equipment, many from Gold Rush times. * Superbly illustrated with 117 new color illustrations, 16 halftones, 39 line illustrations, and 12 maps, and also features an easy-to-use, interactive key for identifying rocks and a glossary of geological terms.
Contributions to American Geology: The auriferous gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California. By J.D. Whitney. 1880
Author :
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Page : pages
File Size : 27,11 MB
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Category : Geology
ISBN :
The Mountains That Remade America
Author : Craig H. Jones
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 21,52 MB
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0520289641
From ski towns to national parks, fresh fruit to environmental lawsuits, the Sierra Nevada has changed the way Americans live. Where there was gold to be mined (and where there was not) redefined land, mineral, and water laws. Where rain falls (and where it doesn’t) determines whose fruit grows on trees and whose appears on slot machines. All this emerges from the geology of the range and how it changed history, and in so doing, changed the country. The Mountains That Remade America combines geology with history to show how the particular forces and conditions that created the Sierra Nevada have effected broad outcomes and influenced daily life in the United States in the past and continue to do so today. Drawing connections between events in historical geology and contemporary society, Craig H. Jones makes geological science accessible and shows the vast impact this mountain range has had on the American West.
Great Basin and Sierra Nevada
Author : David R. Lageson
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 36,28 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813700021
Plutonism in the Central Part of the Sierra Nevada Batholith, California
Author : Paul C. Bateman
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 35,16 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Batholiths
ISBN :
A study of the structure, composition, and pre-Tertiary history of the Sierra Nevada batholith in the Mariposa 1 by 2 quadrangle.
Contributions to the Geology and Mineralogy of California (Classic Reprint)
Author : William P. Blake
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 29,42 MB
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780332107998
Excerpt from Contributions to the Geology and Mineralogy of California From Merced station upon the Southern Pacific railroad, the line of section described in this contribution extends in a northeasterly direction, nearly transverse to the line of strike of some of the most interesting gold-bearing rocks of the Sierra Nevada. Merced is situated upon the alluvial plains of the San Joaquin. The level and clay soil, noted for its fertility and adaptation to cereals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.