Donald R. Prothero

California's Amazing Geology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This up-to-date textbook, suitable for the college market, is devoted to the complex geology of California, including the recently discovered tectonic history of California. The book provides a historical overview of the state and contains enough coverage of rocks and minerals and plate tectonics so that students and other readers can make sense

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 180mm x 253mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1016g
• ISBN-13: 9780367872007
• ISBN-10: 0367872005
• Artikelnr.: 58483012

Autorenporträt

Donald R. Prothero taught college geology and paleontlogy for 37 years at Caltech, Columbia, Cal Poly Pomona and Ocidental, Knox, Vassar, Glendale, Mt San Antonio, and Pierce Colleges.

Inhaltsangabe

Fundamentals of Geology. Amazing California (overview of California in
terms of size, population, resources and exceptional features). Minerals
and Rocks (overview of minerals and the three classes of rocks). Tectonics
(essentials of plate tectonics). Seismology and California's Faults and
Earthquakes (basics of seismology and earthquakes; California's faults and
quake history). Dating California (basic principles of stratigraphy and
geochronology). Regions of California. The Cascades and Modoc Plateau. The
Sierra Nevada. The Klamath Mountains. The Peninsular Ranges and Salton
Trough. The Basin and Range. The Great Valley. The Northern Coast Ranges.
The Central Coast Ranges and Salinian Block. The Transverse Ranges.
California's Coastal Geology. Summary: Geologic History of California.
California's Economic Resources and Environment. California Gold and the
Gold Rush. California Oil. Other Resources. Water in California.
California's Environment.