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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
610   $aamerican geography.
610   $aamerican history.
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610   $aamerican west topography.
610   $acalifornia geology.
610   $acalifornia history.
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610   $adonner party.
610   $aearth sciences.
610   $ageoscience.
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610   $agreat plains.
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610   $amark twain.
610   $anature and science.
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610   $ascience and geology.
610   $aseismic tomography.
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610   $awestern united states.
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