Geological Journeys in Southern California
Author : Alfred Livingston Jr.
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Page : 170 pages
File Size : 31,9 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781258823030
Author : Alfred Livingston Jr.
Publisher :
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 31,9 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781258823030
Author : Alfred Livingston
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,52 MB
Release : 1933
Category : Geology
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Author : Arthur G. Sylvester
Publisher : Roadside Geology
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,28 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780878426539
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 : Alfred Livingston
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Page : 116 pages
File Size : 27,18 MB
Release : 1933
Category : Geology
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Author : Keith Heyer Meldahl
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 37,37 MB
Release : 2013-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0520275772
"Rough-Hewn Land tells the geologic story of the American West--the story of its rocks, rivers, mountains, earthquakes, and mineral wealth, including gold. It tells it by taking you on a 1000-mile-long field trip across the rough side of the continent from the California coast to the Rocky Mountains. This book puts you on the outcrop, geologic hammer in hand, to explore the evidence for how the spectacular, rough-hewn lands of the West came to be. When North America broke free from Eurasia and Africa some 200 million years ago, it triggered a cascade of violent geologic events that shaped the West we see today. As the west-moving continent crunched across the seabed of the ancient Pacific, islands and assorted pieces of ocean floor collected against its prow to build California--and plant gold there too. Meanwhile, mountains squeezed upward from California to Colorado, and vast quantities of molten rock seeded the crust with precious metals while spewing volcanic fire across the land. Later, the land stretched like an accordion to form the washboard-like Basin and Range province and Great Basin within it, while California began to crackle along the San Andreas fault. Throughout the West today, a near-constant drumroll of earthquakes testifies to a world still reshaping itself in response to the ceaseless movements of the Earth's tectonic plates. Rough-Hewn Land weaves these stories into the human history of the West. As we follow the adventures of John C. Frémont, Mark Twain, the Donner party, and other historic characters, we see how geologic forces have shaped human experience, just as they direct the fate of the West today"--
Author : Robert Phillip Sharp
Publisher : Mountain Press Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 28,6 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Geology
ISBN : 9780878422890
Twenty vignettes focus on particular geologic scenes, relationships, and features of southern California's active landscape.
Author : Ruth Lebow
Publisher :
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 21,82 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Batholiths
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Author : Richard V. Heermance
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : pages
File Size : 16,97 MB
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813700590
Author : South Coast Geological Society
Publisher :
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 25,71 MB
Release : 2006
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Author : John C. Crowell
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,77 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813723679