Geology of the American Southwest: A Journey Through Two Billion Years of Plate-Tectonic History

ISBN-13: 9780521016667 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 314 str.

W. Scott Baldridge

Opis

Scott Baldridge presents a concise guide to the geology of the Southwestern U.S. Two billion years of Earth history are represented in the rocks and landscape of the Southwest U.S., creating natural wonders such as the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, and Death Valley. This region is considered a geologist's "dream," attracting a large number of undergraduate field classes and amateur geologists. The volume will prove invaluable to students and will also appeal to anyone interested in the geology and landscape of the region's National Parks.

Recenzje

'A nice feature in the inclusion of "boxes" that explain terminology in reasonable detail … One doesn't have to be specifically interested in the Southwest to find this book interesting. … The text is not confined to only the Southwest of the United States, as it explains how the geology is revealed by the lithology, texture, and sequence of rock units. It's also especially interesting because the accretion of many of the terranes that expanded North America are in this area.' The Leading Edge

Spis treści

Preface; Notes and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Growth of a continent: formation and stabilization of continental lithosphere; 2. Tantalizing time; 3. The international connection: breakup of a supercontinent; 4. Stability to orogeny: transformation of the Western Margin; 5. Pangea! Collision with Gondwana; 6. Deserts to dinosaurs; 7. Western orogeny; 8. The modern Southwest; References; Glossary; Index.