LEADER 02340nam 2200481 450 001 9910822695903321 005 20240102112711.0 010 $a9781647690502$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9781647690496 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29463292 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29463292 035 $a(CKB)24831851000041 035 $a(OCoLC)1286070089 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_102530 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924831851000041 100 $a20230421d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Great Basin seafloor $eexploring the ancient oceans of the Desert West /$fFrank DeCourten 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSalt Lake City, Utah :$cThe University of Utah Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (226 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: DeCourten, Frank The Great Basin Seafloor Redwood City : University of Utah Press,c2022 9781647690496 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aVanished 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. 330 $a"Applying the fundamental principles of geology to the rocks of the Great Basin, we now have indisputable evidence that the region, however lofty and dry it may appear today, lay almost continuously beneath the waters of vanished oceans for more than 400 million years. The bed of this ancient ocean, where enormous amounts of mud, muck, and sand accumulated during the immense period of inundation, is the subject of this book: it is the Sagebrush Seafloor"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aGeology$zGreat Basin 606 $aOcean bottom$zGreat Basin 615 0$aGeology 615 0$aOcean bottom 676 $a557.9 700 $aDeCourten$b Frank$01632079 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822695903321 996 $aThe Great Basin seafloor$93971013 997 $aUNINA