Parks and plates : the geology of our national parks, monuments, and seashores

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Davis Library — Reserves (Service Desk)

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QE511.4 .L55 2005
Status
Available

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Summary

In Parks and Plates, Robert J. Lillie explains the fascinating geological processes that have formed these dramatic volcanoes, shorelines, and landscapes. Structuring the text around major geological features, Lillie highlights geologic patterns across many different parks and uses over 100 park sites to illustrate plate tectonics visually. Lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, diagrams, and maps, Parks and Plates is the ideal text to enrich undergraduates' experience of our national parks.

Contents

  • Part I Earth Systems and Our National Parks
  • Chapter 1 Plate Tectonics
  • Chapter 2 Geological Features and Processes
  • Part II Divergent Plate Boudnaries
  • Chapter 3 Continental Rifts
  • Chapter 4 Passive Continental Margins
  • Basin and Range Province
  • Keweenawan Rift
  • Colorado Plateau
  • Part III Convergent Plate Boundaries
  • Chapter 5 Subduction Zones
  • Chapter 6 Collisional Mountain Ranges
  • Cascadia Subduction Zone
  • Appalachian/Ouachita/Marathon
  • Part IV Transform Plate Boundaries
  • Chapter 7 San Andreas and Other Transform Boundaries
  • San Andreas Fault Zone
  • Caribbean
  • Part V Hotspots
  • Chapter 8 Oceanic Hotspots
  • Chapter 9 Hotspots Beneath Continental Crust
  • Hawai'i
  • Yellowstone/Snake River Plain/Columbia Plateau
  • Part VI Building the North American Continent
  • Chapter 10 North American Craton
  • Chapter 11 Accreted Terranes
  • Continental Shield
  • Continental Platform
  • Colorado Plateau
  • Laramide Uplifts
  • Foreland Fold-and-Thrust-Belts
  • Accreted Terranes

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