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PublisherMountain Press Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-100878425683
ISBN-139780878425686
eBay Product ID (ePID)102944507
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TopicEarth Sciences / Geology, Regional, Parks & Campgrounds
Book TitleGeology Underfoot in Yosemite Natl Park
Publication Year2010
Number of Pages0304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreNature, Travel, Science
AuthorGreg Stock, Allen Glazner
FormatTrade Paperback
Additional Product Features
LCCN2010-007356
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal557.94/47
SynopsisFew places in the nation rival Yosemite National Park for vertigo-inducing cliffs, plunging waterfalls, and stunning panoramic views of granite peaks. Many of the features that visitors find most tantalizing about Yosemite have unique and compelling geologic storiestales that continue to unfold today in vivid, often destructive ways. While visiting more than twenty-seven amazing sites, youll discover why many of Yosemites domes shed rock shells like onion layers, what happens when a volcano erupts under a glacial lake, and why rocks seem to be almost continually tumbling from the regions cliffs. With a multitude of colorful photos and illustrations, and prose tooled for the lay reader, Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park will help you read the landscape the way a geologist does. The Geology Underfoot series encourages you to get out of your car for an up-close look at rocks and landforms. These books inform and enlighten, no matter how muchor how littlegeology you already know. Whats more, theyre simply good reading, on-site or at home., Few places in the nation rival Yosemite National Park for vertigo-inducing cliffs, plunging waterfalls, and stunning panoramic views of granite peaks. Many of the features that visitors find most tantalizing about Yosemite have unique and compelling geologic storiestales that continue to unfold today in vivid, often destructive ways. While visiting these more than twenty-seven amazing sites, you'll discover why many of Yosemite's domes shed rock shells like onion layers, what happens when a volcano erupts under a glacial lake, and why rocks seem to be almost continually tumbling from the region's cliffs. With a multitude of colorful photos and illustrations, and prose tooled for the lay reader, Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park will help you read the landscape the way a geologist does.
LC Classification NumberQE90.Y6G53 2010
