Author: Frank DeCourten
Publisher: Roadside Geology
ISBN: 9780878426720
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Silver State has some of the most diverse geology in the United States, and much of it lies in plain sight thanks to the arid climate of the Great Basin. --Publisher.
Roadside Geology of Nevada
Author: Frank DeCourten
Publisher: Roadside Geology
ISBN: 9780878426720
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Silver State has some of the most diverse geology in the United States, and much of it lies in plain sight thanks to the arid climate of the Great Basin. --Publisher.
Publisher: Roadside Geology
ISBN: 9780878426720
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Silver State has some of the most diverse geology in the United States, and much of it lies in plain sight thanks to the arid climate of the Great Basin. --Publisher.
Geology of the Sierra Nevada
Author: Mary Hill
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520936949
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
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 volcanoes, violent earthquakes, and chilling ice sheets, to the more recent history of the Sierra's early explorers and the generations of adventuresome souls who followed. The author introduces the rocks of the Sierra Nevada, which tell the mountains' tale, and explains how nature's forces, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, faulting, erosion, and glaciation formed the range's world-renowned scenery and mineral wealth, including gold. For thirty years, the first edition of Geology of the Sierra Nevada has been the definitive guide to the Sierra Nevada's geological history for nature lovers, travelers, hikers, campers, and armchair explorers. This new edition offers new chapters and sidebars and incorporates the concept of plate tectonics throughout the text. * Written in easy-to-understand language for a wide audience. * Gives detailed information on where to view outstanding Sierra Nevada geology in some of the world's most beloved natural treasures and national parks, including Yosemite. * Provides specific information on places to see glaciers and glacial deposits, caves, and exhibits of gold mines and mining equipment, many from Gold Rush times. * Superbly illustrated with 117 new color illustrations, 16 halftones, 39 line illustrations, and 12 maps, and also features an easy-to-use, interactive key for identifying rocks and a glossary of geological terms.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520936949
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
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 volcanoes, violent earthquakes, and chilling ice sheets, to the more recent history of the Sierra's early explorers and the generations of adventuresome souls who followed. The author introduces the rocks of the Sierra Nevada, which tell the mountains' tale, and explains how nature's forces, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, faulting, erosion, and glaciation formed the range's world-renowned scenery and mineral wealth, including gold. For thirty years, the first edition of Geology of the Sierra Nevada has been the definitive guide to the Sierra Nevada's geological history for nature lovers, travelers, hikers, campers, and armchair explorers. This new edition offers new chapters and sidebars and incorporates the concept of plate tectonics throughout the text. * Written in easy-to-understand language for a wide audience. * Gives detailed information on where to view outstanding Sierra Nevada geology in some of the world's most beloved natural treasures and national parks, including Yosemite. * Provides specific information on places to see glaciers and glacial deposits, caves, and exhibits of gold mines and mining equipment, many from Gold Rush times. * Superbly illustrated with 117 new color illustrations, 16 halftones, 39 line illustrations, and 12 maps, and also features an easy-to-use, interactive key for identifying rocks and a glossary of geological terms.
Geology Underfoot in Central Nevada
Author: Richard L. Orndorff
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
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
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
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
Minerals of Nevada
Author: Stephen B. Castor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780874178821
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first complete guide to all the state s remarkably diverse minerals"
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780874178821
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first complete guide to all the state s remarkably diverse minerals"
SP035: A Geologic and Natural History Tour Through Nevada and Arizona Along U.S. Highway 93
Author: Joseph V. Tingley
Publisher: NV Bureau of Mines & Geology
ISBN: 1888035137
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Publisher: NV Bureau of Mines & Geology
ISBN: 1888035137
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Geologic Trips Sierra Nevada
Author: Ted Konigsmark
Publisher: Bored Feet Publications
ISBN: 9780966131659
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Bored Feet Publications
ISBN: 9780966131659
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Gem Trails of Nevada
Author: James R. Mitchell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781889786155
Category : Minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Revised and expanded second editon of this popular rock, mineral and fossil collecting book for NV. Mdaps, photos and detailed text describe where to go and what to look for at over 75 of the best collecting sites throughout the state. Also includes a new glossary, mineral index, and a color insert of specimens.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781889786155
Category : Minerals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Revised and expanded second editon of this popular rock, mineral and fossil collecting book for NV. Mdaps, photos and detailed text describe where to go and what to look for at over 75 of the best collecting sites throughout the state. Also includes a new glossary, mineral index, and a color insert of specimens.
Basin and Range
Author: John McPhee
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374708568
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374708568
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.
Formation of the Sierra Nevada Batholith
Author: Vali Memeti
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813700345
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
"This comprehensive field guide takes you on a six-day, west-to-east geologic journey across the Mesozoic magmatic arc of the central Sierra Nevada in California. It summarizes field, structural, geochemistry, and geochronology data collected on individual intrusions, basement terranes intruded by these intrusions, Mesozoic volcanic-sedimentary sections, and from several Sierra Nevada-wide datasets"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813700345
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
"This comprehensive field guide takes you on a six-day, west-to-east geologic journey across the Mesozoic magmatic arc of the central Sierra Nevada in California. It summarizes field, structural, geochemistry, and geochronology data collected on individual intrusions, basement terranes intruded by these intrusions, Mesozoic volcanic-sedimentary sections, and from several Sierra Nevada-wide datasets"--Provided by publisher.
Traveling America's Loneliest Road
Author: Joseph V. Tingley
Publisher: Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology
ISBN: 1888035056
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A guide to what some call America's loneliest road Highway 50 between Lake Tahoe and Great Basin National Park. It takes the reader through historic mining towns, the Nevada gold belt, ghost towns, petroglyph sites, rock collecting localities, and wildlife viewing areas along the way.
Publisher: Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology
ISBN: 1888035056
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A guide to what some call America's loneliest road Highway 50 between Lake Tahoe and Great Basin National Park. It takes the reader through historic mining towns, the Nevada gold belt, ghost towns, petroglyph sites, rock collecting localities, and wildlife viewing areas along the way.