6 edition of Geology of the American Southwest found in the catalog.
Published
June 7, 2004
by Cambridge University Press
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Written in English
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | 296 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL7713364M |
| ISBN 10 | 0521016665 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780521016667 |
is one of the world's leading portals to geology and earth science news and information for rocks, minerals, gemstones, energy, volcanoes, earthquakes, careers, geologic hazards, and more. The earliest geologic history of the Organ Mountains region is well more than one billion years ago, the books says. Between and billion years ago, “volcanic islands and continents collided with the fledgling North American continent to build what is now much of the Southwest.”.
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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. How about the book entitled, "Geology of the Southwest". This will give you more information than simply getting a book about the Canyon, as there are many structures worth a visit out here. Geology of the Southwest by Balridge.
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An excellent introduction to the geology of the American Southwest, including most of the Colorado Plateau in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, as well as parts of California (in particular Death Valley), Nevada, and Texas.
All chapters devote considerable space to a discussion of the plate tectonic settings and paleogeography of the Cited by: 4.
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Geology of the American Southwest book. Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Scott Baldridge presents a concise guide to the ge /5. Geology of the American Southwest, first published inprovides a concise and accessible account of the geology of the region, and will prove invaluable to students studying here.
It will also appeal to anyone interested in geology and landscape, and is a valuable guide for visitors to. 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.
Geology of the American Southwest, first published inprovides a concise and accessible account of the geology of the region, and will prove invaluable to students studying here.
It will also appeal to anyone interested in geology and landscape, and is a valuable guide for visitors to the National Parks of the region. /5(9). Book Review: Geology of the American Southwest W. Scott Baldridge Cambridge University Press, pages.
Hardcover: ISBN$Author: Walter D. Mooney. Buy Geology of the American Southwest () (): A Journey Through Two Billion Years of Plate Tectonic History: NHBS - W Scott Baldridge, Cambridge University PressPrice Range: £ - £ The geology of many of the National Parks and Monuments in the American Southwest, particularly Grand Canyon National Park, is interwoven very nicely with the overall theme and level of the book.
All in all, a very useful reference covering 2 billion years of Earth history in this part of the United States, particularly appropriate for /5(10). INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, Good Morning America, She ReadsFamed American actress Demi Moore at last tells her own story in a surprisingly.
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The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest, Desert Southwest, or simply the Southwest, is the informal name for a region of the western United tions of the region's boundaries vary a great deal and have never been standardized, though many boundaries have been proposed.
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This region is considered a geologist's 'dream', since its rocks provide a slice through a huge range of Earth history, and provide examples of many of the geologic processes shaping the Earth. For this reason.
In he received an Excellence in Geophysical Education Award from the American Geophysical Union, and in a Special Commendation Award from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. He has published widely in the scientific literature.
His passion for field geology has taken him to all corners of the American Southwest, and : $ Get this from a library. Geology of the American Southwest: a journey through two billion years of plate-tectonic history. [W Scott Baldridge] -- "The processes of geology form our landscape over immeasurable expanses of time, and nowhere is this more self-evident than in the spectacular scenery of the Southwest of the United States of.
Obsidian was long valued by ancient peoples as a raw material for producing stone tools, and archaeologists have increasingly come to view obsidian studies as a crucial aid in understanding the past.
Steven Shackley now shows how the geochemical and contextual analyses of archaeological obsidian can be applied to the interpretation of social and economic organization in the ancient Southwest. The geology of North America is a subject of regional geology and covers the North American continent, third-largest in the world.
Geologic units and processes are investigated on a large scale to reach a synthesized picture of the geological development of the continent. It is a groundbreaking book featuring the geology of the American Southwest in a way you've never seen it before.
This landmark book features: More than 70 state-of-the-art paleogeographic maps of the region and of the world, developed over many years of geologic research, + full-color photographs, diagrams, and illustrations, and a detailed.Jon E.
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Revised, expanded second edition. This book is a 6" x 9" paperback with pages. More information, table of contents.
