Geology of the Sierra Nevada /

Writing with verve and clarity, Mary Hill tells the story of the magnificent Sierra Nevada-the longest, highest, and most spectacular mountain range in the contiguous United States. Hill takes us from the time before the land which would be California even existed, through the days of roaring volcan...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hill, Mary, 1923- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Edition:Rev. ed.
Series:California natural history guides ; 80.
Subjects:
Geology > Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Géologie > Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.)
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > General.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Geology
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.)
United States > Sierra Nevada
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Ever-Changing Sierra
  • Geology: Of Time and Rocks
  • Being First
  • Plate Tectonics Puts the Sierra Nevada in Its Place
  • Seas of Long Ago
  • Great is Granite
  • Treasures from the Earth
  • Landscapes of Yesteryear
  • Days of Fire
  • Days of Ice
  • Mono Lake: The "Dead Sea" of the West
  • The Yosemite "Problem"
  • The Mountains Tremble.

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