Geology of Arizona

Geology of Arizona
Author: Dale Nations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1996
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Geology of Arizona Second Edition

Hiking Arizona's Geology

Hiking Arizona's Geology
Author: Ivo Lucchitta
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2001
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780898867305

-- All necessary geologic terms are defined -- Written at a level easy for readers to understand Arizona's geology is complex and its landscape varied. Yet, with Hiking Arizona's Geology as a companion, curious hikers with little or no background in g

Desert Heat, Volcanic Fire

Desert Heat, Volcanic Fire
Author: David Allen Kring
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2002
Genre: Calderas
ISBN:

A geologic history of southern Arizona, and specifically of the Tucson Mountains, includes an outline of the geologic evidence that was used to reveal the history of the area, explains the processes that formed the rocks found in the Tucson Mountains, summarizes all the rock formations in the range, discusses the state's numerous mineral deposits, and more.

Grand Canyon Geology

Grand Canyon Geology
Author: J. Michael Timmons
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2012
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813724899

The Colorado Plateau

The Colorado Plateau
Author: Donald L. Baars
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2000
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780826323019

Written with the general reader in mind, this is the updated edition of the classic on the geology of the red rock and canyon country of the Fours Corners region of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Geology of the American Southwest

Geology of the American Southwest
Author: W. Scott Baldridge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2004-05-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521016667

This 2004 book provides a concise, accessible account of the geology and landscape of Southwest USA, for students and amateurs.

Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau

Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau
Author: Ronald C. Blakey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2008
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

Imagine seeing the varied landscapes of the earth as they used to look throughout hundreds of millions of years of earth history. Tropical seas lap on the shores of an Arizona beach. Immense sand dunes shift and swirl in Sahara-like deserts in Utah and New Mexico. Ancient rivers spill from a mountain range in Colorado that was a precursor to the modern Rockies. Such flights of geologic fancy are now tangible through the thought-provoking and beautiful paleogeographic maps, reminiscent of the maps in world atlases we all paged through as children, of Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau.Ron Blakey of Northern Arizona University is one of the world's foremost authorities on the geologic history of the Colorado Plateau. For more than fifteen years, he has meticulously created maps that show how numerous past landscapes gave rise to the region's stunning geologic formations. Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau is the first book to showcase Blakey's remarkable work. His maps are accompanied by text by Wayne Ranney, geologist and award-winning author of Carving Grand Canyon. Ranney takes readers on a fascinating tour of the many landscapes depicted in the maps, and Blakey and Ranney's fruitful collaboration brings the past alive like never before.Features: More than 70 state-of-the-art paleogeographic maps of the region and of the world, developed over many years of geologic research Detailed yet accessible text that covers the geology of the plateau in a way nongeologists can appreciate More than 100 full-color photographs, diagrams, and illustrations A detailed guide of where to go to see the spectacular rocks of the region