LEADER 03433nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910462068103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-09953-4 010 $a9786613520517 010 $a0-520-94994-3 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520949942 035 $a(CKB)2670000000161807 035 $a(EBL)785215 035 $a(OCoLC)782875584 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000621955 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11383834 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000621955 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10638037 035 $a(PQKB)10458267 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC785215 035 $a(DE-B1597)520478 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520949942 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL785215 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10546806 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL352051 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000161807 100 $a20110727d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRough-hewn land$b[electronic resource] $ea geologic journey from California to the Rocky Mountains /$fKeith Heyer Meldahl 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-25935-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-279) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPreface -- $t1. Golden Gate -- $t2. Mother Lode -- $t3. Rivers of Gold -- $t4. A Traverse across the Range of Light -- $t5. Where Is the Edge of the North American Plate? -- $t6. Where Rivers Die -- $t7. The Growing Pains of Mountains -- $t8. Wealth and Magma -- $t9. Water and Salt -- $t10. Evolution's Big Bang -- $t11. Range-Roving Rivers -- $t12. Up from the Basement -- $t13. At the Frontier -- $tAppendix I: Deep Time: Fathoming the Rock Record -- $tAppendix II: Seeing for Yourself -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNotes -- $tGlossary -- $tBibliography -- $tFigure Sources and Credits -- $tIndex 330 $a"Unfold a map of North America," Keith Heyer Meldahl writes, "and the first thing to grab your eye is the bold shift between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains." In this absorbing book, Meldahl takes readers on a 1000-mile-long field trip back through more than 100 million years of deep time to explore America's most spectacular and scientifically intriguing landscapes. He places us on the outcrops, rock hammer in hand, to examine the evidence for how these rough-hewn lands came to be. We see California and its gold assembled from pieces of old ocean floor and the relentless movements of the Earth's tectonic plates. We witness the birth of the Rockies. And we investigate the violent earthquakes that continue to shape the region today. Into the West's geologic story, Meldahl also weaves its human history. As we follow the adventures of John C. Frémont, Mark Twain, the Donner party, and other historic characters, we learn how geologic forces have shaped human experience in the past and how they direct the fate of the West today. 606 $aGeology$zWest (U.S.) 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGeology 676 $a557.9 700 $aMeldahl$b Keith Heyer$01046209 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462068103321 996 $aRough-hewn land$92472954 997 $aUNINA