Geology underfoot in southern Utah /

详细信息    Geology underfoot in southern Utah /

• 出版日期：2006.
• 出版者：Mountain Press Pub. Co.,
• 页数：xv, 286 p. :
• 出版地：Missoula, Mont. :
• 第一责任说明：Richard L. Orndorff, Robert W. Wieder, and David G. Futey.
• 尺寸：23 cm.
• 分类号：a254.2
• ISBN：9780878425174(pbk.) :

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02h0047774 20141224164853.0 141201s2006 mtuab frb |001|||eng | 9780878425174(pbk.) : CNY129.00 DLC eng DLC YDX ; BAKER ; IG# ; BTCTA ; YDXCP ; QBX ; IXA ; OCLCQ ; BDX ; OCLCF ; P4I ; CNNGL pcc n-us-ut QE169 .O76 2006 557.92 22 a254.2 Orndorff, Richard L. Geology underfoot in southern Utah / Richard L. Orndorff, Robert W. Wieder, and David G. Futey. Missoula, Mont. : Mountain Press Pub. Co., 2006. xv, 286 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-278) and index. Reading a lava landscape: Snow Canyon State Park -- Where dinosaurs roamed: St. George dinosaur discovery site at Johnson Farm -- When water cleaves rock: Parowan Gap -- An alluring luster: Frisco and the Horn Silver Mine -- A desiccated remnant of Lake Bonneville: Sevier Lake -- Folded rocks: the Virgin Anticline, Quail Creek State Park -- In the heart of the transition zone: Hurricane Fault -- An ancient desert sleeps: the Navajo sandstone, Zion National Park -- Water from stone: Weeping Rock, Zion National Park -- Gravity at work: the Springdale landslide -- A desert reborn: Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park -- Cycles of change: Castle Rock Campground -- A record of explosive eruptions: Fremont Indian State Park -- Toolmaker's delight: obsidian at Fremont Indian State Park -- Ice Age glaciers: Fish Lake Valley -- Unlikely neighbors at Red Canyon: Sevier Fault -- A fairyland of color and form: Bryce Canyon National Park -- Nature's palette: Escalante State Park and the Petrified Forest -- Traveling through time: the Waterpocket Fold, Capitol Reef National Park -- Someone pass the tabasco and a cold beer!: an oyster reef in the desert -- A weathered army on the march: Goblin Valley State Park -- Radiation fever: Temple Mountain uranium mines -- Slithering through a slot canyon: the San Rafael Reef -- Uplift and erosion on the Colorado Plateau: goosenecks of the San Juan River -- Mesas, buttes, and spires: Valley of the Gods -- Bridges across time: Natural Bridges National Monument -- Tse' hane, the rock that tells a story: Newspaper Rock -- At the mystery's core: Upheaval Dome -- A sea of fins: the Fiery Furnace -- Weathering the tests of time: Arches National Park and the Entrada sandstone -- In the footsteps of giants: Copper Ridge dinosaur tracks -- Intruders in a sedimentary domain: Round Mountain and the La Sal laccoliths -- Permafrost and flowing earth: periglacial features in the La Sal Mountains. "Geology underfoot in Southern Utah" explores the stories behind 33 handpicked sites. Marvel at tales of ancient eruptions, deserts, seas, and swamps. Geology ; Formations (Geology) ; Geoparks ; National parks and reserves ; Parks Utah. ; Utah. ; Utah. ; Utah. ; Utah. aWieder, Robert W., ; d1958- ; aFutey, David G., ; d1959- aCN b010001 010001 254.2 Or6g gljx1405 h1 ; rCNY129.00