1997, Softcover
321 pages
Dimensions: 6 x 9"
ISBN: 9780878423620
$20.00
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| Geology Underfoot in the Death Valley and Owens Valley |
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 Language: English
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Authors: Robert Sharp, Allen Glazner
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Eastern California boasts the greatest dryland relief in the contiguous United States--between Mt. Whitney and Death Valley--and that relief exposes spectacular geology. These thirty driving and walking tours each weave the tale of a geological features or relationship in this land of extremes. Some sketches ponder questions that puzzle geologists: how do stones slide across Racetrack playa? Others spotlight the earth-sculpturing role of volcanoes and earthquakes: lava columns at Devils Postpile and fault scarps that shape a golf course. Still others focus on less obvious but equally powerful processes: boulders shattered by salt crystals and rocks blasted by windblown sand.
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