02340nam 2200481 450 991079598130332120240102112711.09781647690502(electronic bk.)9781647690496(MiAaPQ)EBC29463292(Au-PeEL)EBL29463292(CKB)24831851000041(OCoLC)1286070089(MdBmJHUP)musev2_102530(EXLCZ)992483185100004120230421d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Great Basin seafloor exploring the ancient oceans of the Desert West /Frank DeCourten1st ed.Salt Lake City, Utah :The University of Utah Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (226 pages)Print version: DeCourten, Frank The Great Basin Seafloor Redwood City : University of Utah Press,c2022 9781647690496 Includes bibliographical references and index.Vanished oceans of the Great Basin Desert -- The ocean arrives -- The great Cambrian explosion -- The Ordovician overhaul -- The dolomite interval : a carbonate conundrum -- The Devonian-Mississippian interval : tectonic tumult and cosmic calamities -- The Antler overlap sequence -- The last gasp of the Great Basin seafloor : the oceans of the West in the age of reptiles."Applying the fundamental principles of geology to the rocks of the Great Basin, we now have indisputable evidence that the region, however lofty and dry it may appear today, lay almost continuously beneath the waters of vanished oceans for more than 400 million years. The bed of this ancient ocean, where enormous amounts of mud, muck, and sand accumulated during the immense period of inundation, is the subject of this book: it is the Sagebrush Seafloor"--Provided by publisher.GeologyGreat BasinOcean bottomGreat BasinGeologyOcean bottom557.9DeCourten Frank1464237MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795981303321The Great Basin seafloor3673812UNINA