Geological Guide-book for an Excursion to the Rocky Mountains

Geological Guide-book for an Excursion to the Rocky Mountains
Title Geological Guide-book for an Excursion to the Rocky Mountains PDF eBook
Author Samuel Franklin Emmons
Publisher
Pages 274
Release 1894
Genre Geology
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Field Trip Guidebook[s]: Geology of the southern Rocky Mountains

Field Trip Guidebook[s]: Geology of the southern Rocky Mountains
Title Field Trip Guidebook[s]: Geology of the southern Rocky Mountains PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 282
Release 1982
Genre Geology
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Geologic Field Trips of the Canadian Rockies

Geologic Field Trips of the Canadian Rockies
Title Geologic Field Trips of the Canadian Rockies PDF eBook
Author Jean C.C. Hsieh
Publisher Geological Society of America
Pages 164
Release 2017-08-10
Genre Nature
ISBN 0813700485

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"This volume includes guides to the Canadian Rocky Mountain fold and thrust belt, Late Cretaceous geology and fossils of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Lower to Middle Cambrian of the southern Canadian Rockies, the Mesoproterozoic Belt Supergroup in Glacier and Waterton Lakes national parks, and Montney Formation analogs"--

The Western San Juan Mountains

The Western San Juan Mountains
Title The Western San Juan Mountains PDF eBook
Author Rob Blair
Publisher
Pages 432
Release 1996
Genre Nature
ISBN

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A complete overview of the history and natural history of Colorado's most spectacular mountain region.

Handbook of the Canadian Rockies

Handbook of the Canadian Rockies
Title Handbook of the Canadian Rockies PDF eBook
Author Ben Gadd
Publisher Jasper, Alta. : Corax Press
Pages 848
Release 1995
Genre Nature
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Hiking Colorado's Geology

Hiking Colorado's Geology
Title Hiking Colorado's Geology PDF eBook
Author Ralph Lee Hopkins
Publisher The Mountaineers Books
Pages 252
Release 2000
Genre Travel
ISBN 9780898867084

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Explore the traces of the rise and fall of Colorado's mountains, volcanic eruptions, shifting seas, wind-blown deserts, and dinosaur haunts. This new destination guide offers understanding of the many unique and spectacular geologic formations of Colorado. 8-page color photo insert. 80 b&w photos. 14 maps.

Rough-Hewn Land

Rough-Hewn Land
Title Rough-Hewn Land PDF eBook
Author Keith Heyer Meldahl
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 320
Release 2013-05
Genre History
ISBN 0520275772

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"Rough-Hewn Land tells the geologic story of the American West--the story of its rocks, rivers, mountains, earthquakes, and mineral wealth, including gold. It tells it by taking you on a 1000-mile-long field trip across the rough side of the continent from the California coast to the Rocky Mountains. This book puts you on the outcrop, geologic hammer in hand, to explore the evidence for how the spectacular, rough-hewn lands of the West came to be. When North America broke free from Eurasia and Africa some 200 million years ago, it triggered a cascade of violent geologic events that shaped the West we see today. As the west-moving continent crunched across the seabed of the ancient Pacific, islands and assorted pieces of ocean floor collected against its prow to build California--and plant gold there too. Meanwhile, mountains squeezed upward from California to Colorado, and vast quantities of molten rock seeded the crust with precious metals while spewing volcanic fire across the land. Later, the land stretched like an accordion to form the washboard-like Basin and Range province and Great Basin within it, while California began to crackle along the San Andreas fault. Throughout the West today, a near-constant drumroll of earthquakes testifies to a world still reshaping itself in response to the ceaseless movements of the Earth's tectonic plates. Rough-Hewn Land weaves these stories into the human history of the West. As we follow the adventures of John C. Frémont, Mark Twain, the Donner party, and other historic characters, we see how geologic forces have shaped human experience, just as they direct the fate of the West today"--