Geology Underfoot in Yosemite Natl Park

Name: Geology Underfoot in Yosemite Natl Park
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ISBN: 9780878425686

ISBN-10: 0878425683

ISBN-13: 9780878425686

Edition: 2010

Authors: Allen Glazner, Greg Stock

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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…

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List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/15/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Allen F. Glazner, a former student of Bob Sharp's and his coauthor on the first edition, received in PhD in geology form UCLA and is currently professor emeritus of geology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A native Californian, he has conducted geological research in the Sierra Nevada and the Mojave Desert since his undergraduate days at Pomona College. He is also the coauthor of "Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley" and "Geology Underfoot in Yosemite."

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Yosemite's Geologic Backdrop	p. 1
How Glaciers Work and How They Shaped Yosemite	p. 10
What is a Glacier?	p. 11
How Glaciers Erode	p. 16
Glacial Modification of Landscapes	p. 18
What Glaciers Leave Behind	p. 22
History of Glaciers in Yosemite	p. 24
Modern Glaciers	p. 29
Rivers and Streams in Yosemite	p. 30
Geologic Study of Yosemite	p. 36
Bones of the Earth: Granite, Granodiorite, and the Bedrock of Yosemite	p. 41
Vertical Exposure: The Geology of Yosemite Climbing	p. 57
Pushed Off a Cliff: The Origin of Yosemite Falls	p. 71
Giant Steps: Vernal and Nevada Falls	p. 77
Free-Falling Granite: The 1996 Happy Isles Rockfall and its Unusual Air Blast	p. 85
That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles: The 1982 Cookie Cliff Rockslide	p. 95
The Walls Came Tumbling Down: Earthquakes and Rock Avalanches in Yosemite Valley	p. 103
How Water Sculpts Yosemite: The Flood of 1997	p. 111
A Natural Dam Across Yosemite Valley: The El Capitan Moraine	p. 121
Cracks in the Earth: The Fissures of Taft Point	p. 131
Half a Dome is Better Than None: Sentinel Dome and Half Dome	p. 139
The Earth as an Onion: Exfoliation Joints	p. 147
The Ice Went Thataway!: The Shaping of Pothole Dome	p. 155
Exotic Erratics: Glacially Transported Boulders at Olmsted Point	p. 165
Why are there Trees Poking Out of Tenaya Lake? The Great Medieval Megadrought	p. 171
Soda Springs: That Fizzy Taste Carries a Geochemical Surprise	p. 181
Runaway Rocks: Metamorphic Rocks at May Lake	p. 187
Root of an Ancient Volcano: Little Devils Postpile	p. 195
Tombstone Rocks, Slate, and Greenstone: Rocks of the Western Approaches	p. 205
Inverted Landscape: The Stanislaus Table Mountain Lava Flow	p. 217
Eocene Erosion: Ancient, Weathered Landscapes of the Sierra Nevada	p. 225
An Ancient, Ice-Bound Sea: Mono Lake and Ancestral Lake Russell	p. 235
An Underwater Volcano: Mono Lake's Black Point	p. 247
Evidence of the Ice Ages: Glacial Deposits in and Around Lee Vining Canyon	p. 255
Dreams of Silver: The Mines of Bennettville and Dana Village	p. 267
Glossary	p. 274
Sources of More Information	p. 282
Index	p. 289
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