The Great Basin seafloor : exploring the ancient oceans of the Desert West / / Frank DeCourten |
Autore | DeCourten Frank |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Salt Lake City, Utah : , : The University of Utah Press, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 pages) |
Disciplina | 557.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Geology - Great Basin
Ocean bottom - Great Basin |
ISBN |
9781647690502
9781647690496 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795981303321 |
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The Great Basin seafloor : exploring the ancient oceans of the Desert West / / Frank DeCourten |
Autore | DeCourten Frank |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Salt Lake City, Utah : , : The University of Utah Press, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 pages) |
Disciplina | 557.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Geology - Great Basin
Ocean bottom - Great Basin |
ISBN |
9781647690502
9781647690496 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822695903321 |
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Salt Lake City, Utah : , : The University of Utah Press, , [2022] | ||
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Rough-hewn land [[electronic resource] ] : a geologic journey from California to the Rocky Mountains / / Keith Heyer Meldahl |
Autore | Meldahl Keith Heyer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
Disciplina | 557.9 |
Soggetto topico | Geology - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-09953-4
9786613520517 0-520-94994-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. Golden Gate -- 2. Mother Lode -- 3. Rivers of Gold -- 4. A Traverse across the Range of Light -- 5. Where Is the Edge of the North American Plate? -- 6. Where Rivers Die -- 7. The Growing Pains of Mountains -- 8. Wealth and Magma -- 9. Water and Salt -- 10. Evolution's Big Bang -- 11. Range-Roving Rivers -- 12. Up from the Basement -- 13. At the Frontier -- Appendix I: Deep Time: Fathoming the Rock Record -- Appendix II: Seeing for Yourself -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Figure Sources and Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462068103321 |
Meldahl Keith Heyer
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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Rough-hewn land [[electronic resource] ] : a geologic journey from California to the Rocky Mountains / / Keith Heyer Meldahl |
Autore | Meldahl Keith Heyer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
Disciplina | 557.9 |
Soggetto topico | Geology - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
american geography
american history american landscapes american west geology american west topography california geology california history california topography donner party earth sciences geoscience gold rush golden state great plains historical geography history of the west how the west was made john c fremont mark twain nature and science pioneer history rocky mountains science and geology seismic tomography tectonic plates wanderlust western mountains western united states |
ISBN |
1-280-09953-4
9786613520517 0-520-94994-3 |
Classificazione | SCI031000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. Golden Gate -- 2. Mother Lode -- 3. Rivers of Gold -- 4. A Traverse across the Range of Light -- 5. Where Is the Edge of the North American Plate? -- 6. Where Rivers Die -- 7. The Growing Pains of Mountains -- 8. Wealth and Magma -- 9. Water and Salt -- 10. Evolution's Big Bang -- 11. Range-Roving Rivers -- 12. Up from the Basement -- 13. At the Frontier -- Appendix I: Deep Time: Fathoming the Rock Record -- Appendix II: Seeing for Yourself -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Figure Sources and Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789946803321 |
Meldahl Keith Heyer
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rough-hewn land [[electronic resource] ] : a geologic journey from California to the Rocky Mountains / / Keith Heyer Meldahl |
Autore | Meldahl Keith Heyer |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
Disciplina | 557.9 |
Soggetto topico | Geology - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
american geography
american history american landscapes american west geology american west topography california geology california history california topography donner party earth sciences geoscience gold rush golden state great plains historical geography history of the west how the west was made john c fremont mark twain nature and science pioneer history rocky mountains science and geology seismic tomography tectonic plates wanderlust western mountains western united states |
ISBN |
1-280-09953-4
9786613520517 0-520-94994-3 |
Classificazione | SCI031000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. Golden Gate -- 2. Mother Lode -- 3. Rivers of Gold -- 4. A Traverse across the Range of Light -- 5. Where Is the Edge of the North American Plate? -- 6. Where Rivers Die -- 7. The Growing Pains of Mountains -- 8. Wealth and Magma -- 9. Water and Salt -- 10. Evolution's Big Bang -- 11. Range-Roving Rivers -- 12. Up from the Basement -- 13. At the Frontier -- Appendix I: Deep Time: Fathoming the Rock Record -- Appendix II: Seeing for Yourself -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Figure Sources and Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816114403321 |
Meldahl Keith Heyer
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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