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Rough-hewn land [[electronic resource] ] : a geologic journey from California to the Rocky Mountains / / Keith Heyer Meldahl
| 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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Why geology matters [[electronic resource] ] : decoding the past, anticipating the future / / Doug Macdougall
| Why geology matters [[electronic resource] ] : decoding the past, anticipating the future / / Doug Macdougall |
| Autore | Macdougall J. D. <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Historical geology
Geology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
asteroids
biodiversity climate change conservation earth sciences earth earthquakes environmental impact environmentalism environmentalists geological history geologists geology geoscience geoscientists greenhouse gases historical human impact ice cores natural archives natural history natural phenomena nonfiction ocean temperatures past lessons retrospective rock science science history scientists sustainable agriculture |
| ISBN |
1-283-27799-9
9786613277992 0-520-94892-0 |
| Classificazione | RB 10123 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Set in Stone -- Chapter Two. Building Our Planet -- Chapter Three. Close Encounters -- Chapter Four. The First Two Billion Years -- Chapter Five. Wandering Plates -- Chapter Six. Shaky Foundations -- Chapter Seven. Mountains, Life, and the Big Chill -- Chapter Eight. Cold Times -- Chapter Nine. The Great Warming -- Chapter Ten. Reading LIPs -- Chapter Eleven. Restless Giants -- Chapter Twelve. Swimming, Crawling, and Flying toward the Present -- Chapter Thirteen. Why Geology Matters -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791978603321 |
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Macdougall J. D. <1944->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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