Rough-Hewn Land A Geologic Journey from California to the Rocky Mountains

Name: Rough-Hewn Land A Geologic Journey from California to the Rocky Mountains
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ISBN: 9780520275775

ISBN-10: 0520275772

ISBN-13: 9780520275775

Edition: 2011

Authors: Keith Heyer Meldahl

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"Unfold a map of North America," Keith Heyer Meldahl writes, "and the first thing to grab your eye is the bold shift between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains." In this absorbing book, Meldahl takes readers on a 1000-mile-long field trip back through more than 100 million years of deep time to explore America's most spectacular and scientifically intriguing landscapes. He places us on the outcrops, rock hammer in hand, to examine the evidence for how these rough-hewn lands came to be. We see California and its gold assembled from pieces of old ocean floor and the relentless movements of the Earth's tectonic plates. We witness the birth of the Rockies. And we investigate the violent…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 5/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 318
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Keith Heyer Meldahlis Professor of Geology at Mira Costa College in southern California. He is the author ofHard Road West: History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail.