[PDF] Geology Of The Southeastern Sierra Nevada Revisited eBook

Author : Mary Hill
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 34,67 MB
Release : 2006-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520936949

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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.

Author : Craig H. Jones
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 35,99 MB
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520964233

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From ski towns to national parks, fresh fruit to environmental lawsuits, the Sierra Nevada has changed the way Americans live. Whether and where there was gold to be mined 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 how they 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.

Author : John Muir
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 19,11 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Geology
ISBN :

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E-text of the book "Studies in the Sierra" that examines the geology of the Sierra Nevada.

Author : Adolph Knopf
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 21,54 MB
Release : 2013-10
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ISBN : 9781294038917

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ A Geologic Reconnaissance Of The Inyo Range: And The Eastern Slope Of The Southern Sierra Nevada, California; Issue 110 Of Professional Paper; Volume 110 Of U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper Adolph Knopf, Edwin Kirk Govt. Print. Off., 1918 Science; Earth Sciences; Geology; Geology; Science / Earth Sciences / Geology