Geology Underfoot in Southern Utah
Title | Geology Underfoot in Southern Utah PDF eBook |
Author | Richard L. Orndorff |
Publisher | Mountain Press Publishing Company |
Total Pages | 312 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Science |
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Standing before any of southern Utah's enigmatic landforms, it's clear, there's a story here. This reference explores the stories behind 33 sites, some world-famous, others off the beaten path. Includes 146 black-and-white photographs, 31 maps, 37 black-and-white figures, bibliography, glossary, and index.
Geology of Utah
Title | Geology of Utah PDF eBook |
Author | William Lee Stokes |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 342 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Geology |
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Geology Underfoot in Central Nevada
Title | Geology Underfoot in Central Nevada PDF eBook |
Author | Richard L. Orndorff |
Publisher | Mountain Press Publishing |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
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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
Landforms of Southern Utah
Title | Landforms of Southern Utah PDF eBook |
Author | Richard L. Orndorff |
Publisher | Mountain Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Formations (Geology) |
ISBN | 9780878425396 |
Brief essays about the geologic history of more than twenty places in Southern Utah accompany vibrant color photographs of landforms, from volcanic cinder cones to collapsed valleys and from modern sand dunes to ancient dunes preserved in cliffs of 200-million-year-old sandstone.
Geology Underfoot in Southern Idaho
Title | Geology Underfoot in Southern Idaho PDF eBook |
Author | Shawn Willsey |
Publisher | Geology Underfoot |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780878426782 |
Geology professor Willsey aims to inspire more Idahoans and visitors to take an interest in one of the most compelling and fascinating regions of the earth. He aims to bridge the gap between geologists and the interested public by passing along a collection of fascinating stories told by southern Idaho's rocks and landscapes. Southern Idaho's geologic history spans about 2.5 billion years--more than half that of the Earth. Chapters represent a sampling of the unique geologic features that formed during this immense amount of time. Willsey selects accessible locations that are exceptional in terms of either location or geologic history. --Publisher.
Geology Underfoot in Western Washington
Title | Geology Underfoot in Western Washington PDF eBook |
Author | David Samuel Tucker |
Publisher | Mountain Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780878426409 |
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.
Hiking the Southwest's Geology
Title | Hiking the Southwest's Geology PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Lee Hopkins |
Publisher | The Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | 292 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780898868562 |
Hiking the Southwest's Geology: Four Corners Region takes curious hikers on a journey through time that explores the Colorado Plateau-an immense land of canyons, mesas, and isolated mountain ranges in the American Southwest. Hopkins' stunning color photography brings the Four Corners Region to life in dazzling detail.