The Great Basin Seafloor Exploring the Ancient Oceans of the Desert West.

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"Applying the fundamental principles of geology to the rocks of the Great Basin, we now have indisputable evidence that the region, however lofty and dry it may appear today, lay almost continuously beneath the waters of vanished oceans for more than 400 million years. The bed of this ancient o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DeCourten, Frank
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Redwood City : University of Utah Press, 2022.
Temas:
Ocean bottom > Great Basin.
Geology > Great Basin.
Fonds marins > Grand Bassin.
Géologie > Grand Bassin.
Geology
Ocean bottom
United States > Great Basin
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Vanished oceans of the Great Basin Desert
  • The ocean arrives
  • The great Cambrian explosion
  • The Ordovician overhaul
  • The dolomite interval : a carbonate conundrum
  • The Devonian-Mississippian interval : tectonic tumult and cosmic calamities
  • The Antler overlap sequence
  • The last gasp of the Great Basin seafloor : the oceans of the West in the age of reptiles.

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