[PDF] Geology Underfoot In Death Valley And Eastern California eBook

Author : Allen F. Glazner
Publisher : Mountain Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,37 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Geology
ISBN : 9780878427079

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Eastern California--a geologically dramatic region with the ever-present risk of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, flash floods, and sand storms--boasts spectacular and easily viewed rocks and landforms. Authors Allen Glazner and Art Sylvester build on coauthor Bob Sharp's insights to produce this full-color illustrated guide to 33 amazing geologic sites in Death Valley and the surrounding region. Learn how stones slide across the Racetrack playa, find the rocks missing from Dantes View, and visit the rim of the Long Valley caldera, an enormous depression left by a supervolcano eruption far larger than any that has occurred since the dawn of civilization.

Author : Robert Phillip Sharp
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 28,83 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Geology
ISBN : 9780878423620

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Eastern California boasts the greatest dryland relief in the contiguous United States, offering a rich variety of environments and spectacular geology. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and diagrams, Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley provides an on-the-ground look at the processes sculpting the terrain in this land of extremes for everyone interested in how the earth works.

Author : Robert Phillip Sharp
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 33,14 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Geology
ISBN : 9780878422890

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Twenty vignettes focus on particular geologic scenes, relationships, and features of southern California's active landscape.

Author : Richard L. Orndorff
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 20,41 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :

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Most people think of Nevada as a land of casinos and drive-in wedding chapels punctuating vast expanses of desolate desert. But at the heart of the Basin and Range province, the Silver State is also a geologist's playground, with great topographic relief

Author : David Samuel Tucker
Publisher : Mountain Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,51 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780878426409

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In Geology Underfoot in Western Washington, the most recent addition to the Geology Underfoot series, author and geoscientist Dave Tucker narrates western Washington�s geologic tales, covering sites from it�s low-lying shorelines to its rugged mountaintops. The book�s 22 chapters, or vignettes, lead you to easily accessible stops along Washington�s highways�and some trails, too.

Author : Allen F. Glazner
Publisher : Geology Underfoot
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,75 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780878425686

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While visiting more than twenty-seven amazing sites, you�ll discover why many of Yosemite�s domes shed rock shells like onion layers, what happens when a volcano erupts under a glacial lake, and why rocks seem to be almost continually tumbling from the region�s cliffs.

Author : David D. Alt
Publisher : Roadside Geology
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,84 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780878426706

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California's geology makes headlines when faults shift, volcanoes puff steam, and coastal bluffs fall into the sea. This book explores the state's recent rumblings and tremulous past with the aid of full color illustrations. Photographs showcase multihued rock, from red chert and green serpentinite to blue schist and gray granite. The geologic information, particularly for the Klamath Mountains, Modoc Plateau, and northern Sierra Nevada, has been updated to reflect new geologic understanding of these complex areas. Features detailed, easy to read color geologic road maps based on the 2010 Geologic Map of California.

Author : Arthur G. Sylvester
Publisher : Roadside Geology
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,78 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780878426539

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Since Mountain Press started the Roadside Geology series forty years ago, southern Californians have been waiting for an RG of their own. During those four decades�which were punctuated by jarring earthquakes and landslides�geologists continued to unravel the complexity of the Golden State, where some of the most dramatic and diverse geology in the world erupts, crashes, and collides. With dazzling color maps, diagrams, and photographs, Roadside Geology of Southern California takes advantage of this newfound knowledge, combining the latest science with accessible stories about the rocks and landscapes visible from winding two-lane byways as well as from the region�s vast network of highways. Join Arthur Sylvester, an award-winning UC Santa Barbara geologist, and Elizabeth O�Black Gans, a geologist-illustrator, as they motor through mountains and deserts to explore the iconic features of the SoCal landscape, from boulder piles in Joshua Tree National Park and brilliant white dunes in the Channel Islands to tar seeps along the rugged coast and youthful cinder cones in the Mojave Desert. Whether you want to find precious gemstones, ponder the mysteries of the Salton Sea, or straddle the boundary between the North American and Pacific Plates, be sure to bring this book along as your tour guide.

Author : Albert B. Dickas
Publisher : Geology Underfoot
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,39 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780878425877

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Examining in detail at least one amazing site for all fifty states, Albert Dickas clearly explains the geologic forces behind each one�s origin in 101 Geologic Sites You�ve Gotta See. Dickas discusses not only iconic landforms such as Devil�s Tower in Wyoming but also locales that are often overlooked yet have fascinating stories.