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Introduction to the geology of southern California and its native plants /
With its active fault systems, complex landforms, and myriad natural habitats, southern California boasts a rich and dynamic geologic environment. This abundantly illustrated volume at last provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible resource for students and general readers interested in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments
- pt. 1. Introduction
- 1. This book
- 2. Prologue to geology of Southern California
- Some early studies of geology
- The geologic map
- Geologic explorations in California
- Some significant contributions to the geology of California.
- pt. 2. The Earth and geologic time
- 3. Earth materials
- The universe
- Early universe
- Solar system
- The Earth
- Rocks
- Igneous rocks
- Sedimentary rocks
- Metamorphic rocks
- 4. Geologic time
- Biostratigraphy
- Magnetostratigraphy
- Astrochronology
- Geochronology
- Radiometric age dating
- How radiometric dating works
- Rocks and minerals dated by various radiometric methods
- Correlating geologic ages/stages
- The importance of European stages
- Great Valley group
- Mammal ages
- Molluscan stages
- Microfossil stages
- Glacial and interglacial stages
- Evolution
- 5. Plate tectonics
- Mid-Oceanic ridges and trenches
- San Andreas Fault and continental drift
- Continental drift
- Magnetism and paleomagnetism
- Magnetic signatures of rocks
- Magnetic reversals
- Sea-floor spreading
- Hot spots and mantle plumes
- Faults
- Transform faults
- Fracture zones
- Triple junctions
- Moving plates
- Supercontinents
- Plate boundaries
- Continental margins and orogenies.
- pt. 3. Southern California through geologic time
- 6. Overview of the geologic history of Southern California
- 7. Proterozoic era
- Older Proterozoic rocks
- Younger Proterozoic rocks
- 8. Paleozoic era
- Cambrian period
- Ordovician period
- Silurian period
- Devonian period
- Mississippian period
- Pennsylvanian period
- Permian period
- 9. Mesozoic era
- Triassic period
- Triassic rocks of Southern California
- Jurassic period
- Jurassic rocks of Southern California
- Cretaceous period
- Cretaceous rocks in Southern California
- Mesozoic igneous rocks in Southern California
- Mesozoic Sierra de Salinas, Rand, Pelona, and Orocopia Schists
- The Catalina Schist
- Salinia
- The San Andreas Fault system
- The role of the San Gregorio-San Simeon-Hosgri Fault zone offsetting Salinia
- Salinia's place of origin
- Proto-San Andreas Fault
- Western boundary of Salinia
- Summary
- 10. Cenozoic era
- Cenozoic plate tectonics
- California during Paleocene and Eocene time
- Eocene fossil flora and fauna in California
- California during Oligocene time
- Oligocene geoflora of California
- California during Miocene time
- Offshore Santa Maria Basin
- Extensional tectonics
- Garlock Fault
- Oligocene to Miocene geofloras
- California during Pliocene time
- Sierra Nevada
- California during late Pliocene to Pleistocene time
- Sierra Nevada and the Coast Ranges
- California during the Pleistocene epoch
- Volcanic rocks
- Sea level
- Mojave Desert pediments
- Coastal uplift
- Glaciers
- Pleistocene Biota
- Cenozoic life and terrestrial and marine paleoclimate in Southern California
- Overall trends
- Paleocene epoch
- Eocene epoch
- Oligocene epoch
- Miocene epoch
- Pliocene to early Pleistocene
- Pleistocene epoch.
- pt. 4. Geology and botany of Southern California's geomorphic provinces
- 11. Geomorphic and floristic provinces
- Geomorphic provinces
- Floristic provinces
- 12. Peninsular ranges and Colorado desert
- Oceanside-San Diego coastal area
- Torrey Pines State Reserve North of San Diego and La Jolla
- The Peninsular Ranges batholith
- Julian
- Anza-Borrego Desert region
- San Gorgonio Fault
- San Jacinto Fault
- Rocks of the San Jacinto Mountains
- Botanical overview, Banning to Palm Desert
- Palm Desert
- Salton Trough
- Borrego Valley
- Colorado desert flora
- Orocopia Mountains
- Los Angeles Basin and the Continental Borderland
- 13. Mojave Desert
- Geology of the Mojave Desert
- Stratigraphy of the Mojave Region
- Structural geology of the Mojave Desert
- Victorville
- Barstow
- Amboy Crater
- Southern Marble Mountains
- Precambrian rocks in the Southern Marble Mountains
- Lower Cambrian rocks
- Middle Cambrian rocks in the Marble Mountains
- Mesozoic and Cenozoic volcanic and pyroclastic rocks in the Southern Marble Mountains
- Botany of the Southern Marble Mountains
- Providence Mountains
- Mitchell Caverns State Reserve
- Botany of the Providence Mountains
- Reptiles in the Providence Mountains, Mitchell Caverns
- Kelso Dunes National Natural Landmark
- Cinder Cones National Natural Landmark
- 14. Eastern Transverse Ranges and the San Bernardino Mountains
- San Gorgonio Pass
- 15. Basin and Ranges Province : Death and Owens Valleys
- Death Valley
- Stratigraphy of the Death Valley Region
- Structural geology of the Death Valley Region
- Badwater Turtleback, Southern Death Valley
- Amargosa Chaos, Southern Death Valley
- Zabriskie Point, Furnace Creek Area, Southern Death Valley
- Golden Canyon, South of Furnace Creek
- Artist's Drive and Palette, South of Furnace Creek and Golden Canyon
- Devil's Golf Course, South of Artist's Drive
- Black Mountains Frontal Fault, West Face of the Black Mountains
- Furnace Creek, Death Valley
- Borax in the Death Valley Area
- Yucca Mountain, Nevada
- Titus Canyon, North of Furnace Creek
- Salt Creek, North of Furnace Creek and South of Stovepipe Wells
- Mosaic Canyon, Stovepipe Wells
- Mesquite Flat Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells
- Mesquite Springs, Northern Death Valley, near Scotty's Castle
- Botany, Northern Death Valley
- Ubehebe Crater, Northern Death Valley
- Scotty's Castle, Northern Death Valley
- Botany of the Grapevine Canyon
- Plant ecology of Death Valley Region
- Owens Valley
- Owens Gorge
- Bishop to Big Pine
- Big Pine
- Independence
- Manzanar
- Alabama Hills
- Lone Pine Fault Scarp
- Owens Lake
- Fossil Falls
- Red Rock Canyon
- 16. Western Transverse Ranges
- Santa Monica Mountains
- San Fernando Valley
- San Gabriel Mountains
- Eastern San Gabriel Mountains
- South Side of the San Gabriel Mountains
- Miocene volcanic rocks emplaced during formation of the Los Angeles Basin
- Paleoenvironment at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains
- The Puente Hills, Eastern Los Angeles Basin
- Northeast side of the San Gabriel Mountains
- Plant communities in the San Gabriel Mountains
- Soledad Basin, North of the San Gabriel Mountains
- Tectonic phases of the Soledad Basin
- Recent history of the Vasquez-Tick Canyon Area
- Routes through the Western Transverse Ranges
- Interstate 405 Route
- California State Highway 1 or the Pacific Coast Highway
- Ridge Basin-Tehachapi Mountain route, Los Angeles and Kern Counties
- Botany of Santa Barbara County
- 17. Southern Coast Ranges
- The geologic setting of the Southern Coast Ranges
- Santa Maria Basin
- Arroyo Grande-Pismo Beach
- Geology
- Paleogeography
- Huasna Basin
- San Luis Obispo
- Morro Rock-Montaña de Oro State Park
- Morro Rock
- Cambria Felsite
- Obispo Formation
- Los Osos Valley
- Montaña de Oro State Park
- San Gregorio-San Simeon-Hosgri Fault
- State Highway 1
- Botany of San Luis Obispo County
- 18. San Joaquin Valley
- 19. Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Province
- The Sierra Nevada
- Tehachapi Mountains
- The Diablo and Temblor Ranges, and the boundary with the Sierra Nevada Province
- The San Emigdio and Tehachapi Mountains
- Sierra Nevada Foothills
- Paleozoic rocks
- Melones and Shoo-Fly Faults
- Central and Southern Sierra Nevada
- Plutonism in the Sierra Nevada
- Yosemite Valley
- Plutonic rocks of the Yosemite Valley
- Cenozoic igneous rocks
- Pleistocene and Holocene geologic features
- Joint systems
- Pleistocene geologic features
- Holocene geologic features
- Trails in Yosemite Valley
- Mammals
- East of Tioga Pass and Yosemite Valley
- Metasedimentary rocks
- Glaciation
- Eastern Sierra Nevada and Great Basin
- Mono Lake
- Mono Craters
- Panum Crater
- Mammoth Mountain and the Long Valley Caldera
- Long Valley
- Obsidian Dome
- Inyo Craters
- Hot Creek
- Horseshoe Lake Tree Kill
- Pumice Roadcut.
- pt. 5. Botany and plant families
- 20. Botanical overview
- General classification of organisms
- Vascular and flowering plants
- Earliest vascular seed plants
- Angiosperms
- Taxonomy, the naming and classifying of organisms
- Classification of organisms with low levels of organization
- Tree of life
- Classification of plants based on types of flowers
- Classification of plants based on flower parts
- Classification of flowers based on the location of the ovary and the presence of a hypanthium
- Classification of flowers based on inflorescence types
- Classification of plants based on leaf types
- A general (and incomplete) classification of animals
- Biomes, plant communities and life zones
- Life zones
- 21. Plant families of Southern California
- Selected plant families and example genera
- Botanical glossary
- Main glossary
- Suggested readings in natural history
- References cited
- Species index
- Subject index.